Laister LP-15 N8EM

16 July 1980 · Tucson, Arizona, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 16 July 1980 at about 12:50 local time, a Laister LP-15 registered N8EM was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Tucson, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 July 1980 at 12:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Tucson, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Ryan Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Laister LP-15
Registration: N8EM
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1942

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	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

RETRACTABLE CTRLN WHL.AILERON QUICK DISCONNECTS NOT CONNECTED.

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 3-1942, 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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29 May 1978	Laister LP-15 N6LV	Maricopa, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
24 May 1975	Laister LP-15 N6LV	Hidden Hills, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Kondor Kraft	Minor injuries	-
1 Dec 1995	Laister LP-15 N6LS	Adelanto, California, United States	-	Serious injuries	-

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