- Date
- June 8, 1975
- Place
- Issaquah, WA · ISSAQUAH, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93460Blanik L-13
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750608015389A
- Case key
- 149124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2447 75/6/8 ISSAQUAH,WA BLANIK L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 199 TIME - 1916 N93460 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYSPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISSAQUAH,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SPOILERS DEPLOYED.MISUNDERSTOOD SIGNAL FM TOW PLANE,RELEASED AT LOW ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93460
- Reported as
- Blanik L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skysport
N93460Registration cancelled May 15, 2017 · Let BLANIK L-13Airframe modelLet BLANIK L-13Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.