# Accident 20020921024979A: Szd SZD422JANTAR, Hemet, CA, September 21, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2002, 13:30 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7333° N, 117.0167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7333&lon=-117.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131AS-2008-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln SZD-42-2 JANTAR 2B (registry code 8822001, https://openairdocs.org/model/szybowcowy-zaklad-doswiadczaln-szd-42-2-jantar-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SZD SZD422JANTAR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020921024979A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2002, ABOUT 1330 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL PZL-BIELSKO SZD-42-2 JANTAR GLIDER, N131AS, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES NEAR HEMET, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE GLIDER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES; THE GLIDER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED HEMET-RYAN AIRPORT (HMT) ABOUT 1140. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1140 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, N131AS, AN EXPERIMENTAL SZD-42-2 JANTAR GLIDER PILOTED BY MALCOLM S. KYLE DEPARTED HEMET-RYAN AIRPORT (HMT) FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME THE EXPERIMENTAL SZD-42-2 JANTAR COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN AN UNICORPORATED AREA OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY NEAR HEMET, CALIFORNIA. MR. MALCOLM S. KYLE WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT. MR. KYLE WAS FATALLY INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DE                                                              STROYED.

## 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 LAX02LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA291), Sep 21, 2002: PZL-Bielsko SZD-42-2 Jantar (N131AS), Hemet, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude.

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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