- Date
- June 29, 1974
- Place
- Baker, CA · BAKER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2578Glasflugel H201B
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740629020889A
- Case key
- 128680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2037 74/6/29 NR.BAKER,CALIF GLASFLUGEL H201B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N2578 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 1371 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 167 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALLEY WELLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MIRAGE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 100 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH AND LND IN SAGE BRUSH AFTER RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2578
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H201B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valley Wells
N2578Registered now · Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEAirframe modelGlasflugel STANDARD LIBELLEEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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