- Date
- October 12, 1969
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94282Sailplane GT-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4198 69/10/12 ELSINORE,CALIF SAILPLANE GT-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1389 TIME - 1335 N94282 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 116 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELSINORE,CALIF ELSINORE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LOST THERMAL LIFT,HAD TO LAND. STALLED ON TURN TO FINAL APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94282
- Reported as
- Sailplane GT-2
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skylark
N94282Registration cancelled Jun 7, 1971 · F. R. Green - G. C. Tweed JR GT-2Airframe modelF. R. Green - G. C. Tweed JR GT-2
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