Prue Standard UNKNOWN N9726Z
8 March 1987 · Hemet, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 March 1987 at about 21:13 local time, a Prue Standard UNKNOWN registered N9726Z, operated by Academic Soaring Club, Inc., was involved in an accident near Hemet, 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 21:13
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hemet, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Prue Standard UNKNOWN
- Registration
- N9726Z
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Academic Soaring Club, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX87DUG02
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
DURING A LOCAL SOARING FLIGHT, THE ACFT WAS SEEN BY A WITNESS TO BE IN A VERTICAL DIVE AND APPEARED TO BE INTACT WHEN IT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS. THE PLTS FLT TIME WAS 38 HRS AS OF 2/5/85 THE DATE OF HIS LAST MEDICAL EXAM. NO FURTHER RECORD.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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