- Date
- April 2, 1978
- Place
- Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N99861Blanik L13
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780402008139A
- Case key
- 142732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0652 78/4/2 FREMONT,CA BLANIK L13 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 10 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N99861 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYSAILING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREMONT,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99861
- Reported as
- Blanik L13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skysailing
N99861Registration cancelled Nov 27, 2012 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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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.