- Date
- February 2, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26TSLet L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860202002189A
- Case key
- 31573
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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
The pilot stated that he encountered sinking air & was unable to make the arpt. He also stated that he was operating east of the arpt & that a seabreeze wind from the west existed at the time of the accident. The effective glide ratio of a glider is reduced when flying into a headwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26TS
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 174533
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tampa Bay Soaring
- Registered owner
- Roberto P. Garcia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1985 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- X05 · Brooksville, FL
- Airport
- X05 · Pilot Country
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 9 in this make and model · 117 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 20 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.