- Date
- February 19, 1979
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4931ECherokee II
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790219003249A
- Case key
- 137470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0527 79/2/19 CALISTOGA,CA CHEROKEE II CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N4931E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALISTOGA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4931E
- Reported as
- Cherokee II
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4931ERegistration cancelled Dec 1, 1980 · Kolstad K/Smith D CHEROKEE IIAirframe modelKolstad K/Smith D CHEROKEE II
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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