- Date
- April 27, 1986, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gregory, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30LHLet L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860427015199A
- Case key
- 13455
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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 pilot stated that during landing the right wing of the glider touched the ground causing a right turn. The left wing then caught on a truck tire causing a 70 degree turn to the left. The glider was stopped when the right wing struck a barn. He was later told that he landed in a quartering tailwind of 15 KTS gusting to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30LH
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 026632
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sandhill Soaring Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 69G · Richmond Field, runway 36, 2,520 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 424 total · 6 in this make and model · 345 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 15 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.