- Date
- March 26, 1972
- Place
- Sun City, CA · SUN CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11UUGlasflugel H401
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1035 72/3/26 SUN CITY,CALIF GLASFLUGEL H401 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2618 TIME - 1441 N11UU PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK,ELSINORE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEMET LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RETRACTABLE WHEELS. COLLIDED WITH 3 WHEELED VEHICLE ON RD. WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11UU
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H401
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skylark,Elsinore
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