Lemke-Schdr LS-3 N75FE
7 July 1981 · Reno, Nevada, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 July 1981 at about 14:30 local time, a Lemke-Schdr LS-3 registered N75FE was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Reno, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Reno, Nevada, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Lemke-Schdr LS-3
- Registration
- N75FE
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Air Show/Air Racing
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Minden, Nv → Round Robin & Return
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1585
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
THERMALS & LIFTING ACTION DETERIORATED DRG SPEEDTRIANGLE IN NATIONAL SOARING CONTEST.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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