Grasshopper D-8 N5053K
12 June 1965 · Heber Ut, Utah, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 June 1965 at about 16:30 local time, a Grasshopper D-8 registered N5053K was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Heber Ut, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Heber Ut, Utah, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hever
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Grasshopper D-8
- Registration
- N5053K
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Practice
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1427
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
GLIDER STRUCK ROCK ON LANDING. SYSTEMS-INFLIGHT FAILURE OF AILERON BELCRANK HORNS
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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