# NTSB LAX70D0182: Sailplane GT-2, N94282, Elsinore, CA, October 12, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: October 12, 1969
- Place: Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 152582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70D0182
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70D0182

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4198  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94282-1971-06-07), registration cancelled 1971-06-07, S/N 1, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAILPLANE GT-2
- Registry model: [F. R. Green - G. C. Tweed JR GT-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/f-r-green-g-c-tweed-jr-gt-2) (registry code 05603NP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Skylark

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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