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NTSB investigation record

LAX91LA378

Completed

Schempp-hirth Ventus-b· N901DH

Date
August 31, 1991
Location
Mojave, CA
Conditions
VMC
Record
Completed

Primary finding

Probable cause

The glider pilot's inadequate altitude to clear terrain. Factors which related to the pilot being low could not be established because the pilot had no memory of the accident, and no witnesses were identified who observed the glider other than during its final few seconds of flight.

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