- Date
- August 5, 1972
- Place
- Angwin, CA · ANGWIN, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3457Blanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168162
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2298 72/8/5 ANGWIN,CALIF BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 292 TIME - 1445 N3457 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANGWIN,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT ENCOUNTERED WEAK LIFT CONDITIONS.LNDD IN ROCKY FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3457
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3457Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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