- Date
- April 15, 1984, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- El Mirage, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N222PKMolino PIK-20B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840415014409A
- Case key
- 24236
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Analysis
The plt reported that when he was 1/2 mi from the rwy at 835 ft AGL, his airspeed was 70 KTS. While descending through 400 ft AGL, his airspeed flickered 3 times to zero. The 3rd time, it stayed at zero & the glider dropped to the ground. The reported wind 11 mi east was 160 deg at 10 KTS gusting 18 KTS. The reported wind 22 mi nw was 160 deg at 1 kt. The plt reported that at the arpt, the windsock on top of a largehanger indicated the wind was from 070 deg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222PK
- Reported as
- Molino PIK-20B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20027
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wolfgang K. Wirthgen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- L69 · El Mirage Sky Ranch, runway 7, 3,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,835 total · 22 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VCV, 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.