ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70316
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Date: | Thursday 25 August 1988 |
Time: | 17:00 |
Type: | Schempp-Hirth |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N795 |
MSN: | |
Total airframe hrs: | 1635 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Whitwell, TN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING A 130 MILE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH A WATER SPRINKLER PIPE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE GRASS WAS TALLER ALONG THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY SYSTEM PROBLEM.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: ATL88LA243
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Dec-2009 11:07 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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