- Date
- October 4, 1975
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12054Sohemp SH1
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751004037949A
- Case key
- 151030
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3353 75/10/4 NR.CALISTOGA,CA SOHEMP SH1 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1388 TIME - 1310 N12054 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALISTOGA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- RIDGE SOARING. 1 HR IN TYPE ACFT LAST 90 DAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12054
- Reported as
- Sohemp SH1
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N12054Registration cancelled Jan 15, 1976 · Schempp-Hirth STANDARD AUSTRIA SH1Airframe modelSchempp-Hirth STANDARD AUSTRIA SH1
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.