# NTSB FTW68F0567: Glasfugel H301, N301X, El Paso, TX, April 28, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 28, 1968
- Place: El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 2, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110986
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68F0567
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68F0567

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1353  68/4/28    EL PASO,TEX         GLASFUGEL H301      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1144
        TIME - 1415                    N301X               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYSPORT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIRAL                                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- STALLED DURING STEEP TURN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N301X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N301X-1970-12-29), registration cancelled 1970-12-29, S/N 17 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASFUGEL H301
- Registry model: [Glasflugel H 301](https://openairdocs.org/model/glasflugel-h-301) (registry code 3800335) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Skysport

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.

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