- Date
- April 14, 1973
- Place
- La Jolla, CA · LA JOLLA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6356NChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730414010779A
- Case key
- 170523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0994 73/4/14 LA JOLLA,CALIF CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 475 TIME - 1157 N6356N PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORREY PINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA JOLLA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- HIT TOW WINCH CABLE FROM RELEASED GLIDER IN AIR.PLT MADE IMPROPER GO ARND.WINCH OP DIDNT CUT CABLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6356N
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Torrey Pines
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6356N · 1
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