Accident · 2002-06-16
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-06-16
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Schleicher ASK21 (N341KS)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Frederic Winter Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Frederic Winter
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to recognize the loss of orographic lift conditions. A factor was the loss of orographic lift.
Source: NTSB case IAD02LA059Flight 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.