Aircraft Appears To Have Gone Down Among Trees During Accident Sequence
The NTSB has released a preliminary report from an accident which occurred on October 18 involving a Sportine Aviacija Lak-17B motorized glider. The commercial pilot was fatally injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain near Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal local flight that departed Blairstown Airport (1N7), Blairstown, New Jersey about 0945. The glider was owned and operated by the commercial pilot.
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