Nimbus III-B N63494
8 July 1973 · Sparks, Nevada, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 July 1973 at about 12:15 local time, a Nimbus III-B registered N63494 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Sparks, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sparks, Nevada, United States
- Nearest airport
- Air Sailng Gldrpt
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Nimbus III-B
- Registration
- N63494
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2565
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
AUTO/GLIDER TOW SYSTEM USED. MISC-TOW ROPE FAILED TO RELEASE FOR UNDTRMD REASON
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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