- Date
- May 26, 1983, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ephrata, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91419I.C.A. Brasov IS-29D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830526021889A
- Case key
- 39700
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 plt reported that he was forced to land after thermal activity subsided and he was unable to find an area of lift. He elected to land in the last cultivated field before reaching an area of sage brush. Reportedly, a dust devil was encountered during touchdown. Subsequently, the left wing contacted the ground & the glider turned about 110 deg. The right wing & fuselage were damaged when the glider skidded.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91419
- Reported as
- I.C.A. Brasov IS-29D
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 62
- Airframe hours
- 355
- Engine
- NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leroy A. Dunston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1982 · 25 hours before
- Destination
- 80WA · Quincy, WA
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,455 total · 201 in this make and model · 6,455 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at
- EPH, 7 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.
Other investigations on N91419 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.