- Date
- September 2, 1984, 14:11 local (20:11 UTC)
- Place
- Calhan, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N858EMolino PIK-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840902045689A
- Case key
- 16475
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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.
Altitude deviation,uncontrolled
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The glider struck a barbed wire fence while landing in a pasture. The plt said he encountered a downwash at the edge of a storm that resulted in an 800 fpm rate of descent and forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N858E
- Reported as
- Molino PIK-20
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20051
- Airframe hours
- 479
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Deonald Baker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1983
- Departed
- CO26 · Colorado Spring, CO
- Destination
- C026 · Colorado Sprgs., CO
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 480 total · 479 in this make and model · 479 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AFF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.