Aviation Accident Summary LAX89DVG01

REDDING, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N197RL

GLASAIR FT

Analysis

ON TAKEOFF, PLT'S CANOPY CAME OPEN. WHEN PLT DIVERTED ATTENTION TO CLOSE CANOPY, ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE, THEN TERRAIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO CANOPY LATCH MALFUNCTION. POST ACC EXAM SHOWED THAT THE PLTS CANOPY LATCHES WERE UNDAMAGED.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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