- Date
- August 25, 1991, 14:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place
- Aspen, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2238Let L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910825036709A
- Case key
- 18126
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Probable cause
The pilot turning off the runway with excessive speed.
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Taxispeed - excessiveCause
Analysis
During landing rollout the glider pilot attempted to turn off the runway with too much ground speed and struck a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2238
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 174930
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dieter Bibbig
- Registered owner
- Dieter Bibbig
- Airport
- ASE · Pitkin County, runway 33, 7,003 × 100 ft, asphalt
N2238Registration cancelled Jul 9, 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.