Furche-Bielsko SZD-48 JANTAR accident near Warner Springs, CA
On January 22, 1994, a Furche-Bielsko SZD-48 JANTAR (glider) was involved in an accident near Warner Springs, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 22, 1994
- Place
- Warner Springs, CA
- Aircraft
- Furche-Bielsko SZD-48 JANTAR · Glider
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.281°N, 116.599°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X00646
NTSB summary
On January 22, 1994, about 1410 hours Pacific standard time, a Furche/Bielsko SZD-48 Jantar STD-2 glider, N48DF, crashed while maneuvering about 2 miles north of Warner Springs, California. The pilot was conducting a local visual flight rules personal flight. The glider, registered to and operated by the pilot, was destroyed. The certificated commercial glider pilot, the sole occupant, received fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at a private airstrip at Warner Springs about 1343 hours. Messrs. Steve Drew and John White, Aviation Safety Inspectors, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), San Diego [California] Flight Standards District Office, conducted the on-scene investigation. Inspector Drew reported that the pilot received an aerial tow to about 2,000 feet above the ground and then released from the tow plane. A pilot of another tow plane said that between 1402 and 1405 hours he released the glider he was towing at 3,000 feet mean sea level. He then made a left descending turn. When he completed the turn on an east-southeasterly heading, he observed the accident glider in a fully developed spin at 1,200 feet above the ground. The pilot said, "...I observed the sailplane rotate through five complete revolutions with no apparent attempt to recover..." The glider struck the ground in a near vertical nose-down attitude. The pilot held a commercial pilot certificate with a glider rating. He did not possess a medical certificate, nor was he required to. Investigators recovered the pilot's last flight hours logbook. Examination of
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER REMEDIAL ACTION TO RECOVER FROM THE SPIN. THE INTENTIONAL STALL/SPIN WAS A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.
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