ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69517
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Date: | Saturday 12 July 1997 |
Time: | 16:35 LT |
Type: | Vickers-Slingsby T65A |
Owner/operator: | Louis J Fitzpatrick |
Registration: | N111XX |
MSN: | 1926 |
Total airframe hrs: | 499 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming%20O-540-L3C5D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bethel, PA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Perkasie, PA (0PA0) |
Destination airport: | (0PA0) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot reported that after about 4 hours of flight, he elected to land his glider at Bethel due to a lack of updrafts. He put the gear down and 'and began making preparations for landing. Upon reaching pattern altitude...I found myself in a nose down attitude, in what may have been a spin.' He recovered from the maneuver, but lost significant altitude in the process. He deployed the spoilers to land, and heard a warning alarm. Then the glider impacted the ground hard enough for the canopy to separate. After sitting for several minutes, the pilot exited the glider. The pilot later wrote that he felt 'heat stress and physical fatigue...from working thermals as conditions weakened. Earlier termination of flight would have been prudent.'
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper flare. A factor in the accident was the pilot's fatigue.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC97LA145 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC97LA145
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Nov-2009 01:26 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
08-Apr-2024 14:13 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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