- Date
- July 6, 1976
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2488PPeterson J-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760706028939A
- Case key
- 154771
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2194 76/7/6 VACAVILLE,CA PETERSON J-4 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1345 N2488P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLIDERPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2488P
- Reported as
- Peterson J-4
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gliderport
N2488PRegistration cancelled Aug 26, 1999 · Peterson Sailplane-Poly Ind. J-4Airframe modelPeterson Sailplane-Poly Ind. J-4
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.