- Date
- February 21, 1970
- Place
- Apple Vally, CA · APPLE VALLY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3855ASchweizer 1-26
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0987 70/2/21 APPLE VALLY,CALIF SCHWEIZER 1-26 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 155 TIME - 1400 N3855A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - APPLE VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION APPLE VALLY,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT SAID HE MADE ST IN APCH FROM THE N.UN CLEAR WIRES DUE DWNDRAFT,TURNED,CRASH LANDED.GUSTING 40K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3855A
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Apple Valley
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