- Date
- March 2, 1969
- Place
- La Jolla, CA · LA JOLLA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9646ZLeffler LM-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0422 69/3/2 LA JOLLA,CALIF LEFFLER LM-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 300 TIME - 1030 N9646Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORREY PINES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- OCEAN BEACH,R WING STRUCK A PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9646Z
- Reported as
- Leffler LM-1
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Torrey Pines
N9646ZRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Leffler/Macfarlane LM-1Airframe modelLeffler/Macfarlane LM-1Engine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N9646Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.