- Date
- October 12, 1986, 13:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder City, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2NVLet L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861012051649A
- Case key
- 40557
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that a downdraft was encountered and an undershoot occurred while on base leg. A high sink rate developed and the plt did not take corrective action soon enough. The acft struck the ground, rolled a short distance through bushes, and across a two foot gulley before coming to rest. The passenger stated that the plt entered into an intentional spin while in the practice area in order to show off. He also stated that the plt made a rather rapid descent by the use of spoilers that exceeded the limits of the vertical speed indicator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2NV
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 175220
- Airframe hours
- 2,408
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen Dvorchak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1986 · 93 hours before
- Airport
- BLD · Boulder City Municipal, runway 3, 3,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,348 total · 1,915 in this make and model · 9,539 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.