# Accident 19940122000739A: Szd SZD48, Warner Springs, CA, January 22, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1994, 14:10 local time
- Place: Warner Springs, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2808° N, 116.5993° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2808&lon=-116.5993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48DF-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S.Z.D. SZD-48 JANTAR STD 2 (registry code 8821648, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-z-d-szd-48-jantar-std-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SZD SZD48
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 376 total, 18 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940122000739A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED SPINNING TO VERTICAL IMPACT. HAD RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS IN SPINS BUT NOT IN TYPE.UNKNOWN WHY NO TRY RECOVER

## 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 LAX94LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA102), Jan 22, 1994: Furche-Bielsko SZD-48 Jantar (N48DF), Warner Springs, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER REMEDIAL ACTION TO RECOVER FROM THE SPIN. THE INTENTIONAL STALL/SPIN WAS A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.