- Date
- April 7, 1978
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N125DWBlanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780407008779A
- Case key
- 142177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0789 78/4/7 SAN DIEGO,CA BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 940 TIME - 1300 N125DW PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 408 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRY PINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT SIGN POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125DW
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Torry Pines
N125DWRegistration cancelled May 6, 2015 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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