# NTSB LAX69D0297: Bolkow Phoeb, N1211T, Phoenix, AZ, February 9, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 9, 1969
- Place: Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 23, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191168
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69D0297
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0297

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0515   69/2/9    PHOENIX,ARIZ        BOLKOW PHOEB        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 10815
        TIME - 1350                    N1211T              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DEER VALLEY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- FLIGHT PRACTICE USING DROGUE CHUTE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1211T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOLKOW PHOEB
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Deer Valley

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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