- Date
- March 1, 1969
- Place
- La Jolla, CA · LA JOLLA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N146GFlug-Undfah HBV
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0465 69/3/1 LA JOLLA,CALIF FLUG-UNDFAH HBV CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 580 TIME - 1020 N146G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORREY PINES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO CONNECT ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD.PLT RELEASED FROM TOW,HIT N1891 ON GROUND.SUBS DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N146G
- Reported as
- Flug-Undfah HBV
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Torrey Pines
N146GRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 1969 · Flug & Fahrzeugwerke FFA HBV-DIAMANT 16.5Airframe modelFlug & Fahrzeugwerke FFA HBV-DIAMANT 16.5
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.