- Date
- January 1, 1970
- Place
- Lakelnd Vil, CA · LAKELND VIL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N241LPLaister LP-49
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0133 70/1/1 LAKELND VIL,CALIF LAISTER LP-49 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 169 TIME - 1530 N241LP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELSINORE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT SAID THAT WHILE RIDGE SOARING HE HAD GOTTEN TOO FAR TO LEEWARD OF THE RIDGE.ENCTRD DOWNDRAFTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N241LP
- Reported as
- Laister LP-49
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N241LPRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 1970 · Laister Sailplane Products LP-49Airframe modelLaister Sailplane Products LP-49
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.