- Date
- August 9, 1986, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- College Station, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20EKMolino PIK-20B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860809038549A
- Case key
- 22129
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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 collided with trees during an off arpt landing due to lack of lift. The plt complained that flaps are not as efficient as spoilers for approach control. Plt used flaps and mushed into trees short of the intended landing area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20EK
- Reported as
- Molino PIK-20B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20122C
- Airframe hours
- 750
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William D. Fisher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1986 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- 35R · Heampstead, TX
- Destination
- WEA · Weatherford, TX
- Airport
- CLL · Easterwood
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,290 total · 40 in this make and model · 1,250 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL, 11 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.