W Marra DRIFTR N72WM
23 September 1973 · Fremont, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 23 September 1973 at about 11:00 local time, a W Marra DRIFTR registered N72WM was involved in an accident during in flight near Fremont, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fremont, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sky Sailing
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- W Marra DRIFTR
- Registration
- N72WM
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2988
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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
LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.OBS DESCRIBED ERRATIC FLT.PARACHUTE CAUGHT ON TAIL OF ACFT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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