Minibat 01 N3783R

2 November 1980 · Grain Valley, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 November 1980 at about 12:15 local time, a Minibat 01 registered N3783R was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Grain Valley, Missouri, 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: 2 November 1980 at 12:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Grain Valley, Missouri, United States
Nearest airport: East Kansas City
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Minibat 01
Registration: N3783R
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2934

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

PLT RPRTD OVRCTLG IN PITCH DRG TKOF, TOW ROPE BCMSLACK,1 SIDE OF BRIDLE BCM DSCNCTD.RLSD,50FT AGL.

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 3-2934, 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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