# Accident 19790127001669A: Laistr LP15B, Lake Elsinore, CA, January 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1979, 16:02 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15LP-2013-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Laister Sailplane Products LP-15 (registry code 5100108, https://openairdocs.org/model/laister-sailplane-products-lp-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAISTR LP15B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 291 total, 15 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790127001669A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A STEEP TURN ON FINAL. THE NOSE CAME UP AFTER 180 DEG OF TURN,THEN DROPPED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX79FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA027), Jan 27, 1979: Laister LP15 (N15LP), Lake Elsinore, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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