Schleicher K8 N91274

17 June 1967 · Heber City, Utah, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 June 1967 at about 16:30 local time, a Schleicher K8 registered N91274, operated by Soaring Societ, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Heber City, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 June 1967 at 16:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Heber City, Utah, United States
Nearest airport: Heber
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schleicher K8
Registration: N91274
Category: Glider
Operator: Soaring Societ
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2078

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

GLIDER NOSED DOWN ROLLED LFT DURING WINCH TOW TAKEOFF ATTEMPT.NO WINCH TOW INSTRUCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2078, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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