- Date
- March 8, 1987, 14:13 local (21:13 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9726ZPrue Standard Unknown
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308005289A
- Case key
- 25297
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hilly
Analysis
During a local soaring flight, the acft was seen by a witness to be in a vertical dive and appeared to be intact when it impacted the terrain. Inspection of the aircraft revealed no control system malfunctions. The plts flt time was 38 hrs as of 2/5/85 the date of his last medical exam. No further record.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9726Z
- Reported as
- Prue Standard Unknown
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Academic Soaring Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Academic Soaring Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1987
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 38 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.