Monerai S N54980

14 December 1980 · Eloy, Arizona, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 14 December 1980 at about 12:30 local time, a Monerai S registered N54980 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Eloy, Arizona, 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: 14 December 1980 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Eloy, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Picacno Peak
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Monerai S
Registration: N54980
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3415

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

AIRSTRIP CLOSED.1ST FLT OF ACFT.CRASHED DRG TURNBACK TO ARPT AFT AUTO TOW LAUNCH.FXD CNTRLN GEAR.

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 3-3415, 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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