- Date
- December 22, 1973
- Place
- Santa Brbra, CA · SANTA BRBRA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N275LPLaister LP-49
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731222041029A
- Case key
- 187407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4008 73/12/22 SANTA BRBRA,CALIF LAISTER LP-49 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 36 TOTAL TIME - 1558 N275LP PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA YNEZ,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LOST LIFT,LNDD ON ROCKY BCH.GLIDER WASHED ASEA,NOT RCVRD.VARIOMETER.SBA TWR BRFNG.CNTR LINE GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N275LP
- Reported as
- Laister LP-49
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N275LPRegistration cancelled Jun 11, 1975 · Laister Sailplane Products LP-49Airframe modelLaister Sailplane Products LP-49
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.