- Date
- August 15, 1970
- Place
- Pearlblossm, CA · PEARLBLOSSM, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3438Zina 3
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3498 70/8/15 PEARLBLOSSM,CALIF ZINA 3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N3438 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 42, 1022 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 60 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREY BUTTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MIRAGE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- SHEAR,CMPRSSN FAILURE,L WING SPAR LAMINATIONS.7 OF 10 LAMS SLIPPED.R WING SPAR CRACKED.PARACHUTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3438
- Reported as
- Zina 3
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grey Butte
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