- Date
- February 25, 1968
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N75099Schweizer TG-3A
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0722 68/2/25 ADELANTO,CALIF SCHWEIZER TG-3A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 119 TIME - 1420 N75099 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- RT WING SEPARATED DURING RECOVERY FROM STEEP DIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75099
- Reported as
- Schweizer TG-3A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Mirage
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