Blanik L-3 N90861
23 September 1978 · Pittstown, New Jersey, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 23 September 1978 at about 16:10 local time, a Blanik L-3 registered N90861 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Pittstown, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pittstown, New Jersey, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sky Manor
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Blanik L-3
- Registration
- N90861
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2959
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 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
DURING GLIDER TOW, THE GLIDER WAS REL AT 150 FT.THE GLIDER CONTD CLIMBING RT TURN.STALL SPIN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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