Accident · 1995-02-11

NTSB case LAX95LA106 · Burkhart Grob TWIN ASTIR · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1995-02-11
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Burkhart Grob TWIN ASTIR (N333BH)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO REMAIN CLEAR OF TREE(S) DURING AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: LACK OF THERMAL LIFT, AND HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING AREA.

Source: NTSB case LAX95LA106

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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