- Date
- September 5, 1987, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38924Let L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 17308
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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 plt was ferrying the glider to Buena Vista, Colorado & had previously obtained permission to land on a closed rwy. After being towed to the Buena Vista area, he released the glider from the tow plane & flew in the local area for about 40 min. He then dscndd & landed on a sod strip beside the paved rwy. While landing, he steared the glider to the west to avoid acft that had been assembled & parked on an apron. Rprtdly, he allowed the glider to get too close to the edge of the strip. Subsequently, the tail of the glider hit an old tire, damaging the elevators & rear-most bulkhead of the tail section.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38924
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 025319
- Airframe hours
- 1,852
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Denver Soaring Council, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Denver Soaring Council
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1986
- Departed
- 1V5 · Boulder, CO
- Airport
- 7V1 · Buena Vista, runway 14, 4,700 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 62 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
Other investigations on N38924 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.