- Date
- May 17, 1964
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2759RSchweizer 123H
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185061
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0422 64/5/17 TEHACHAPI CALIF SCHWEIZER 123H CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 78 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N2759R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEHACHAPI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2759R
- Reported as
- Schweizer 123H
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tehachapi
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