- Date
- March 26, 1976
- Place
- Canyon Lake, CA · CANYON LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94612Let-Np-K L-13
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760326008309A
- Case key
- 153086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0580 76/3/26 CANYON LAKE,CA LET-NP-K L-13 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 246 TIME - 1630 N94612 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELSINORE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- CENTERLINE WHEEL RETRACTABLE. OBS PERFORMING LOOPS PRIOR TO BREAK UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94612
- Reported as
- Let-Np-K L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.