# NTSB LAX69D0264: Leffler LM-1, N9646Z, La Jolla, CA, March 2, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 2, 1969
- Place: La Jolla, CA · LA JOLLA, CA
- Location: 32.8473° N, 117.2742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Jolla, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8473&lon=-117.2742&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190822
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69D0264
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0264

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9646Z-2014-11-24), registration cancelled 2014-11-24, S/N 1, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEFFLER LM-1
- Registry model: [Leffler/Macfarlane LM-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/leffler-macfarlane-lm-1) (registry code 05603UT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Torrey Pines

## Other investigations on N9646Z (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX90DXQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90DXQ02), Jul 30, 1990: Leffler/Mcfarlane LM-1 (N9646Z), Sierraville, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: PILOT'S FAILURE TO SEE AND AVOID A TREE DURING HIS LANDING APPROACH.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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