- Date
- January 29, 1984, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Issaquqh, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4014BLark IS28B2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840129006779A
- Case key
- 39868
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Analysis
The CFI stated that while returnsing to the airport he encountered turbulence. When it became obvious that reaching the intended airport would be marginal another landing field was chosen. During turn to final, the left wing tip struck a power pole and the acft pancaked into an adjacent pasture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4014B
- Reported as
- Lark IS28B2
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 91
- Airframe hours
- 1,322
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley S. Barclay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 3WA1 · Issaquah, 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
- 57
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 8 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.