Accident · 1995-07-18

NTSB case CHI95LA228 · REED RS15 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1995-07-18
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: REED RS15 (N964)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The glider pilot's inadequate preflight of the glider by failing to properly secure a push-pull tube to the glider's right ruddervator; and failure of both the glider pilot and the tow pilot to release the tow rope, which led to a stall of the tow airplane.

Source: NTSB case CHI95LA228

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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