Schweizer I-26 N8608R

26 December 1966 · Torrey Pine, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 December 1966 at about 16:30 local time, a Schweizer I-26 registered N8608R, operated by Associated GLI, was involved in an accident during in flight near Torrey Pine, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 December 1966 at 16:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Torrey Pine, California, United States
Nearest airport: Torrey Pines
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer I-26
Registration: N8608R
Category: Glider
Operator: Associated GLI
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4431

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

OVER EDGE OF BLUFF, STRONG UPDRAFT CAUGHT LEFT WING, FLIPPING GLIDER IN STEEP RIGHT TURN.

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 3-4431, 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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