- Date
- July 27, 1991, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wallsburg, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2NVLet L-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910727030119A
- Case key
- 41500
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Probable cause
The in flight encounter with downdraft winds and the lack of suitable terrain in the area for a landing.
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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - downdraftCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - none suitableCause
Analysis
The glider flt encountered downdraft winds and was unable to reach an arpt or suitable terrain for landing. The acft struck vegetation and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2NV
- Reported as
- Let L-13
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 175220
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- High Valley Aviation
- Departed
- 36U · Heber City, UT
- Airport
- 36U · Heber Valley
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,725 total · 6 in this make and model · 1,487 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 35 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.