Duster BU-18 N12DQ

23 September 1978 · Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 23 September 1978 at about 15:45 local time, a Duster BU-18 registered N12DQ, operated by Pittsburg Soar, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 September 1978 at 15:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Bandel
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Duster BU-18
Registration: N12DQ
Category: Glider
Operator: Pittsburg Soar
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2976

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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

GLIDER SINGLE WHEEL.CANOPY CAME OFF IN FLT.PLT LNDD HOLDING CANOPY DOWN.

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 3-2976, 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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