- Date
- June 23, 1985, 12:51 local (16:51 UTC)
- Place
- Gregory, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14420Let L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850623029449A
- Case key
- 13107
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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.
Analysis
The glider landed in trees after the spoiler 'popped' open in flt during a towed takeoff. The tow plane released the glider at 300 ft AGL after the spoilers opened. The plt landed without retracting the spoilers. Two FAA inspectors stated that they checked the spoilers operation and they operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14420
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 175114
- Airframe hours
- 1,533
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sandhill Soaring Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- 69G · Richmond
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 2 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARB, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N14420 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.