- Date
- July 11, 1982, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Murrieta, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N90639Blanik L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820711028909A
- Case key
- 71802
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot landed short of runway in a glider and impacted the ground at high speed with high sink rate. He had released early from an aerotow and descended at high airspeed with dive brakes open which accelerated his rate of sink. He was not injured in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90639
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 025525
- Airframe hours
- 1,120
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skylark Gliderport
- Registered owner
- Eric A. Coleson
- Departed
- L86 · Murrieta, CA
- Destination
- L86 · Murrieta, CA
- Airport
- L86 · Thompson Transportation, runway 15, 2,800 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 12 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 205° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 208 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N90639 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.