Schemp CIRRUS N8083

24 June 1973 · Chester, South Carolina, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 24 June 1973 at about 16:30 local time, a Schemp CIRRUS registered N8083 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Chester, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 June 1973 at 16:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Chester, South Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Chester County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schemp CIRRUS
Registration: N8083
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1995

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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

DRG LDG PLT ATMTD TO AVOID WIRES THAT CROSSED FLD, L WING HIT GND.

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 3-1995, 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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Other Schemp CIRRUS accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
14 Apr 1973	Schemp CIRRUS N462E	San Manuel, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
13 Apr 1973	Schemp CIRRUS N1406A	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Jul 1974	Schemp CIRRUS N5CC	Floydada, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Oct 1971	Schemp CIRRUS N6664	Wrightwood, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Aug 1971	Schemp CIRRUS N26TE	Unadilla, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Sep 1975	Schemp CIRRUS N33607	Oxford, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

All 14 records for this type

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2 Jan 1973	Cessna 150J N61178	No.olmstead, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Ortner Air SER	No injuries	-
26 Mar 1973	Cessna 180 N4596B	Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Mar 1973	Cessna 210H N5941F	Flagler Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	Asphalt Produc	Fatal	1
14 Apr 1973	Cessna 172 N2692U	Bristol, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 May 1973	Cessna 150F N8182F	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Mar 1973	Lake LA-4 N455	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	US Dept of INT	No injuries	-

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