- Date
- May 8, 1968
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94453Frankfort TG-1A
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1681 68/5/8 ELSINORE,CALIF FRANKFORT TG-1A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N94453 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 666 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELSINORE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TO TURN AWAY FROM CANYON WALLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94453
- Reported as
- Frankfort TG-1A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elsinore
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