- Date
- December 7, 1970
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7934JSchweizer SGS232
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4149 70/12/7 NR.ELSINORE,CALIF SCHWEIZER SGS232 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 110 TIME - 1530 N7934J PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELSINORE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- FAILED TO RECOVER FROM INTNTL SPIN. PLT HAD NOT REC SPIN INSTRUCTIONS. NEITHER WORE PARACHUTES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7934J
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS232
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skylark
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