- Date
- June 9, 1990, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vacaville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N116TDRolladen-Schneider LS-3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900609019279A
- Case key
- 26834
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Probable cause
The pilot's inflight loss of control for undetermined reasons.
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 witnesses reported that the glider appeared to be working thermals about one mile from the airport. The witnesses reported that the glider entered a stall then a spin. The spin was reported to continue to ground impact. Examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of a preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116TD
- Reported as
- Rolladen-Schneider LS-3A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 3398
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fredrick W. Frauens
- Registered owner
- Fredrick W. Frauens
- Departed
- CA58
- Destination
- CA58
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
- Age
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.