- Date
- October 16, 1966
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N56051Laister LK-10A
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0929 66/10/16 ADELANTO CALIF LAISTER LK-10A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, TIME - 1409 N56051 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 291 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: LONGERON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PLT WAS DOING SPINS.FUSELAGE MODIFIED USING SUB-STRENGTH TUBING.2-TOP LONGERONS FAILED NR TAIL GRP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56051
- Reported as
- Laister LK-10A
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Mirage
N56051Registration cancelled Nov 14, 1967 · Laister-Kauffman TG-4AAirframe modelLaister-Kauffman TG-4A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.