ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69933
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Date: | Saturday 17 October 1992 |
Time: | 13:02 LT |
Type: | Schweizer SGS 2-33A |
Owner/operator: | Bret Willat |
Registration: | N1176S |
MSN: | 226 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Total airframe hrs: | 8127 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming%20O-235-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Warner Springs, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | (CL35) |
Destination airport: | (CL35) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE ON DOWNWIND AND ENDED UP LOWER THAN NORMAL ABEAM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. INSTEAD OF TURNING BASE EARLY, THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE ON DOWNWIND AND TURN BASE AT THE CUSTOMARY LOCATION. THE PILOT REALIZED HIS PROBLEM ON BASE AND ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN THE TURN TO FINAL TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE CROSS CONTROLLED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE MAKING THE TURN AND THE GLIDER STALLED, THEN SPUN TO THE GROUND.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PLANNED APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY, AND, HIS IMPROPER USE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT ACCELERATED STALL/SPIN.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX93LA013 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX93LA013
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Nov-2009 11:17 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
10-Apr-2024 17:20 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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