Date:	Monday 10 July 1978
Time:	15:45 LT
Type:	Schempp-Hirth Mini Nimbus HS 7
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N557D
MSN:	2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Near Sterling Airport, Sterling, Mass. -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Sterling Airport (STK/KSTK)
Destination airport:	Sterling Airport (STK/KSTK)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Pilot exposed due to high temperatures during a cross country flight from Sterling Airport, Sterling, Mass (STK/KSTK). Pilot does not remember the occurence. The glider hit the trees on approach and crashed.

Registration N557D cancelled by the FAA on March 16, 1979

1. NTSB Identification: NYC78FNE26 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=40920&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=557D
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/mininim.htm

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
30-Jan-2010 03:11	DColclasure	Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
17-Oct-2011 07:02	Alpine Flight	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
10-Nov-2013 09:39	Alpine Flight	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
09-Jan-2017 17:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]