- Date
- September 6, 1973
- Place
- Bg Bear Cty, CA · BG BEAR CTY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N301FGlasflugel Libell
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730906038439A
- Case key
- 187981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3692 73/9/6 BG BEAR CTY,CALIF GLASFLUGEL LIBELL CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 70, 161 TIME - 1400 N301F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BEAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CALIF RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SELECTED OPEN FIELD TO LND DUE TO RESURFACE OF BIG BEAR ARPT.GLDR EQPT WITH CNTR WHL & BRAKE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N301F
- Reported as
- Glasflugel Libell
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Bear
N301FRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2014 · Glasflugel H 301 LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel H 301 LIBELLEEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N301F · 1
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