- Date
- November 23, 1973
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3705Whigham GW-4
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731123039519A
- Case key
- 187433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4047 73/11/23 NR.ELSINORE,CALIF WHIGHAM GW-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N3705 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION AGE 51, 5505 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELSINORE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- GLIDER EXPERIMENTAL FLT. BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE,PLT BAILED OUT OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3705
- Reported as
- Whigham GW-4
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3705 · 1
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