- Date
- August 2, 1970
- Place
- Chula Vista, CA · CHULA VISTA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5736SSchweizer 1-26B
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191656
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3491 70/8/2 CHULA VISTA,CALIF SCHWEIZER 1-26B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 5 TOTAL TIME - 1217 N5736S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GNATS GLIDER PORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHULA VISTA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- RIDGE SOARING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5736S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-26B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gnats Glider Port
N5736SRegistration cancelled May 8, 2021 · Schweizer SGS 1-26BAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26BEngine modelNONE
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