- Date
- May 14, 1988, 17:00 local (May 15, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Middletown, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N74TSlingsby T59D Kestrel 19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880514018339A
- Case key
- 26001
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Forced landing
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Performance data - not understoodCause
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Ground loop/swerve - intentionalCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74T
- Reported as
- Slingsby T59D Kestrel 19 (T59D KESTR)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 1809
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Latour, John F.
- Registered owner
- La Tour, John F
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CA58 · Vacaville, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 557 total · 130 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.