- Date
- July 24, 1986, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Issaquah, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65141Let L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860724053259A
- Case key
- 40476
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Undershoot
Proper glidepath - misjudgedCause
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
Plt undershot approach after encountering downdraft, collided with perimeter fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65141
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 26408
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack L. Waud
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 3WA1 · Skyport, runway 36, 1,800 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 365 total · 13 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 335° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.