# Accident 19910831037429A: Sphrth VENTUSB, Mojave, CA, August 31, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1991, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Kelso Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1492° N, 117.9190° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1492&lon=-117.9190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N901DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901DH-2013-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B (registry code 3802051, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH VENTUSB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,044 total, 1,044 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA378) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910831037429A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER MADE A RIGHT TURN. LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED INTO A HOLLOW DIRT BERM ON EDGE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX91LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA378), Aug 31, 1991: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B (N901DH), Mojave, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE GLIDER PILOT'S INADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO CLEAR TERRAIN. FACTORS WHICH RELATED TO THE PILOT BEING LOW COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THE PILOT HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO WITNESSES WERE…

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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