Schemp SHK-1 N1582

4 October 1969 · Easton, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 October 1969 at about 14:15 local time, a Schemp SHK-1 registered N1582 was involved in an accident during in flight near Easton, Washington, 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: 4 October 1969 at 14:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Easton, Washington, United States
Nearest airport: Easton
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schemp SHK-1
Registration: N1582
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4124

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

AFT RELEASE, GLIDER ENCOUNTERED SEVERE DOWNDRAFTSPILOT-LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH RELEASE AREA.

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 3-4124, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Aug 1966	Schemp SHK-1 N30055	Saginaw Mich, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Jul 1973	Schemp SHK-1 N1582	Ephrata, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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