- Date
- June 6, 1964
- Place
- Yuca Valley, CA · YUCA VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9728ZHome Built
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1575 64/6/6 YUCA VALLEY CALIF HOME BUILT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N9728Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 1500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9728Z
- Reported as
- Home Built
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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