- Date
- April 17, 1976
- Place
- Inyokern, CA · INYOKERN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8JPGlasflugel H-301B
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760417010949A
- Case key
- 153914
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1141 76/4/17 INYOKERN,CA GLASFLUGEL H-301B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1500 N8JP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 47, 3956 TOTAL HOURS, 5 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INYOKERN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INYOKERN,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TOW ACFT RELEASED AT LOW ALT DUE FORCED LDG.GLIDER UN CLR PWR LINES,HAD TO TURN.WG HIT BUSHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8JP
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H-301B
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Inyokern
N8JPRegistered now · Glasflugel STD LIBELLE 201BAirframe modelGlasflugel STD LIBELLE 201BEngine modelNONE
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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.