- Date
- October 1, 1971
- Place
- San Jacinto, CA · SAN JACINTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11PXBlanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3940 71/10/1 SAN JACINTO,CALIF BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1555 N11PX PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 47, 6803 TOTAL HOURS, 37 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELSINORE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - OTHER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER 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- LOSS OF SUFFICIENT AIR CURRENTS TO SUSTAIN LIFT.HIT CONCRETE BRIDGE SUPPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11PX
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N11PXRegistration cancelled Sep 23, 2003 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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.