- Date
- April 23, 1985, 16:00 local (Apr 24, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4312BVickers Slingsby T56A Vega
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850424025319A
- Case key
- 24543
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The sailplane was in level flt when the plt felt flutter and lost pitch control of the acft. After one uncontrolled loop the plt bailed out and received serioud injuries during the parachute landing. Loss of all six elevator hinges had caused the elevator to jam in the up position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4312B
- Reported as
- Vickers Slingsby T56A Vega
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 1886
- Airframe hours
- 280
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger Lewis Mccracken
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- HMT · Hemet, CA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 41 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.