- Date
- February 19, 1964
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3876ASchweizer 126A
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0042 64/2/19 ELSINORE CALIF SCHWEIZER 126A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N3876A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3876A
- Reported as
- Schweizer 126A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3876ARegistration cancelled Jun 14, 1976 · Schweizer SGS 1-26AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-26AEngine modelNONE
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