ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42951
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Date: | Sunday 12 May 1991 |
Time: | 14:30 |
Type: | Glasflügel H-303 Mosquito |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N210TD |
MSN: | 51 |
Total airframe hrs: | 373 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pearblossom, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Pearblossom, CA |
Destination airport: | Pearblossom, CA |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE GLIDER PILOT WAS RETURNING TO LAND AT HIS DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND WAS OBSERVED ON A LEFT BASE APPROACH ABOUT 100 TO 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE GLIDER WAS FLYING SLOWLY AND AS A LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED TO A FINAL APPROACH HEADING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO SHUDDER AND STALL. THE GLIDER THEN DESCENDED VERTICALLY INTO A PEACH ORCHARD STRIKING TREES AND THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE GLIDER DESTROYED. CAUSE: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED TO AVOID STALLING THE AIRCRAFT.
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp? NTSB Identification: LAX91LA211
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-Nov-2009 02:32 |
DColclasure |
Updated |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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