Glasflugel H401 N11UU

26 March 1972 · Sun City, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 26 March 1972 at about 14:41 local time, a Glasflugel H401 registered N11UU was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sun City, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 March 1972 at 14:41
Classification: Accident
Location: Sun City, California, United States
Nearest airport: Skylark, Elsinore
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Glasflugel H401
Registration: N11UU
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Hemet → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1035

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RETRACTABLE WHEELS. COLLIDED WITH 3 WHEELED VEHICLE ON RD. WIND GUSTING 20K.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1035, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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