- Date
- April 6, 1972
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77BSSchweizer 1-34
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165688
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0885 72/4/6 FREMONT,CALIF SCHWEIZER 1-34 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 616 TIME - 1705 N77BS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREMONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREMONT,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- RIDGE SOARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77BS
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-34
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fremont
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