Glasflugel H301B N71949

1 September 1981 · Maricopa, Arizona, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 1 September 1981 at about 14:30 local time, a Glasflugel H301B registered N71949 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Maricopa, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 September 1981 at 14:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Estrella Sailport
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Glasflugel H301B
Registration: N71949
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2290

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

TKOF W SPOILERS UNLOCKED.SPOILERS POPPED OUT APRX 75FT AGL.RLSD TOW ROPE TO AVOID INVOLVING TOWPLN

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 3-2290, 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.

Also in

United States 170,864 Glasflugel H301B 8 1981 3,878

Other Glasflugel H301B accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Jul 1975	Glasflugel H301B N3012	Hobbs, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1975	Glasflugel H301B N6512	Washoe City, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
3 Nov 1974	Glasflugel H301B N301H	Fredrick, Maryland, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 May 1973	Glasflugel H301B N245F	Ephrata, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Jun 1973	Glasflugel H301B N1811T	Cherryville, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
26 May 1973	Glasflugel H301B N194P	Redding, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 8 records for this type

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