- Date
- July 8, 1984, 17:30 local (Jul 9, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Llano, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N99966Let L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708033679A
- Case key
- 24336
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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
According to the plt, the glider did not sink as fast as expected on the downwind leg, so he extended flaps to 30 to 40 deg, used spoilers & extended the downwind. On base leg he entered an area of high sink; therefore, he closed the spoilers & angled toward the rwy. He decided that he would be unable to reach the rwy, so he elected to land in a field, short of the arpt. During the landing on rough terrain, the right wing hit a joshua tree & the glider was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99966
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 025919
- Airframe hours
- 1,509
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cypress Soarng, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- L01 · Llano, CA
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 363 total · 21 in this make and model · 167 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 24 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WJF, 25 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.