- Date
- April 22, 1989, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1134SSchweizer T-26E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890422009489A
- Case key
- 26385
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed in an effort to avoid obstacles during an inadequately planned approach.
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.
Analysis
The glider was observed to execute an approach that was low and in an area of power lines. While in a nose high right turn to avoid the power lines it was observed to make an uncontrolled descent and collide with terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1134S
- Reported as
- Schweizer T-26E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 514
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Willat, Bret
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 8Q7 · Fremont Sky Sailing Arpt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 45 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 55 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC, 8 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.