- Date
- November 10, 1984, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Homestead, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8208Let L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841110012089A
- Case key
- 31315
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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.
Undershoot
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Proper glidepath - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
According to the plt, a downdraft was encountered on base leg causing the acft to descend and decelerate. Unable to reach the rwy the glider landed in an orchard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8208
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 174423
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eastwind Gliders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 6X6 · Homestead, FL
N8208Registration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 117 total · 67 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.