ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65893
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Date: | Wednesday 16 August 2000 |
Time: | 14:03 |
Type: | Schweizer SGS 1-34 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N7679 |
MSN: | 59 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2640 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Zephyrhills, Florida -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | ZPH |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: The glider was observed to enter the traffic pattern for landing. On final approach the witness described the approach as low and slow, before the glider started spinning to the right and collided with the terrain.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed on final approach resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA00LA239 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X21800&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jun-2009 05:43 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
12-Dec-2017 19:04 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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