- Date
- June 5, 1976
- Place
- Ephrata, WA · EPHRATA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3460Let-Np-K L-13
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760605014389A
- Case key
- 154023
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1354 76/6/5 EPHRATA,WA LET-NP-K L-13 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1355 N3460 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EPHRATA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EPHRATA,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DEPLOYED SPOILER STRUCK DIESEL GENERATOR. DOWNDRAFTS IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3460
- Reported as
- Let-Np-K L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ephrata
N3460Registration cancelled Aug 13, 2018 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N3460 · 1
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