- Date
- July 10, 1968
- Place
- Pearblossom, CA · PEARBLOSSOM, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3118GCherokee 11
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110043
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2238 68/7/10 PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF CHEROKEE 11 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 382 TIME - 1103 N3118G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTALAIRE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- GLIDER OBSERVED MAKING SLOW TURNS AT LOW ALT PRIOR TO LOSS OF CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3118G
- Reported as
- Cherokee 11
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystalaire
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