- Date
- November 1, 1992, 16:23 local (21:23 UTC)
- Place
- Readington, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13WGLet LF-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921101044409A
- Case key
- 37268
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Probable cause
The pilot's poorly planned approach for landing which resulted in an off airport landing in unsuitable terrain.
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 was in the traffic pattern when he realized he would not make the runway. The pilot planned his landing into an open field while on base leg. During touchdown, he encountered rising terrain that was masked by the grass in the field. The wings of the glider were bent downward during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13WG
- Reported as
- Let LF-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 174812
- Airframe hours
- 2,047
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Jersey Soaring Club
- Registered owner
- Central Jersey Soaring Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- N51 · Solberg-Hunterdon, runway 4, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 46 total · 3 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.