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Aviation accident ERA23LA013
NONE · SCHEMPP-HIRTH DISCUS CS · 2022-10-08 · Woodstock, VA, USA
Event
- NTSB number
ERA23LA013- Event ID
20221010106089- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2022-10-08
- Location
- Woodstock, VA, USA
- Coordinates
- 38.88205, -78.557789
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- SCHEMPP-HIRTH
- Model
- DISCUS CS
- Registration
- N520RJ
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 0
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
Improper repair of a crack by maintenance personnel, which resulted in a subsequent failure of the glider canopy.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown