- Date
- February 27, 1965
- Place
- Calif City, CA · CALIF CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1392NBrown-Prue Rebel
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178818
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0898 65/2/27 CALIF CITY CALIF BROWN-PRUE REBEL CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 957 TIME - 1545 N1392N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 353 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LEFT WING SEPERATED FROM OVERLOADS-PILOT PARACHUTED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1392N
- Reported as
- Brown-Prue Rebel
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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