# NTSB MIA69D0219: Schleicher AS-K13, N1618, Homestead, FL, October 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: October 19, 1968
- Place: Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108056
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69D0219
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69D0219

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3820  68/10/19   HOMESTEAD,FLA       SCHLEICHER AS-K13   CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 520
        TIME - 1420                    N1618               PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      3000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      85
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          220                                                       10
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LDG IN FIELD.LIFT WAS LOST WHILE ON DOWNWIND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1618](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1618), registered now, S/N 13033, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER AS-K13
- Registry model: [Schleicher AS-K13](https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-as-k13) (registry code 38015GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.