- Date
- August 25, 1984, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Warrenton, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14YALet L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840825056589A
- Case key
- 6552
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Miscellaneous/other
Spoiler extension - not performedCause
Lowering of flaps - inadvertentCause
Planned approach - not possible
Proper touchdown point - exceeded
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
The plt inadvertantly deployed the flaps on final apch instead of the spoilers. The glider overshot the airstrip touching down in rough terrain off the departure end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14YA
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 025318
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- National Capital Soaring Ass.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Warrenton, VA
- Airport
- 9W0 · Warrenton Airpark, runway 22, 2,215 × 85 ft, grass/turf
N14YARegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 184 in this make and model · 161 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.