- Date
- June 24, 1984, 18:00 local (Jun 25, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- W Silver Spring, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N165DGlasflugel 604
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840624031619A
- Case key
- 39949
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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 glider plt was returning to the Douglas country arpt after a 470 mi x-country flt. While at about 10,000 ft, he encounter a downdraft that was associated with a nearby thunderstorm & lost about 7000 ft in 7 miles. He elected to land on a highway. Just as he had extended the gear & was landing, he saw a large caution sign, but was unable to fly over it. The right wing struck the sign & was torn off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N165D
- Reported as
- Glasflugel 604
- Category
- Glider
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel Danieli
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 9, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- DC · Minden, NV
- Destination
- Minden, NV
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,509 total · 320 in this make and model · 1,389 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 35 knots, gusting 45
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 16,000 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.