ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60825
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| Date: | Sunday 20 July 2008 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  LET L-13 Blaník |
| Owner/operator: | Evergreen Soaring |
| Registration: | N48029 |
| MSN: | 026050 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Arlington, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Arlington, WA (KAWO) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After a 15-minute glider flight, the pilot entered the traffic pattern for a planned full-stop landing on a grass airstrip that ran adjacent to the active paved runway. He then extended his downwind leg in order to create a greater clearance between himself and a powered airplane that was landing on the paved runway. After rolling out on base leg, the pilot realized that he had extended his downwind leg too far to reach the grass strip under the gusting wind conditions. He therefore decided to land in a field short of the grass runway. While maneuvering to land in that field, he failed to maintain clearance from a nearby tree. After the wing of the glider hit the tree, it cart-wheeled into the field, and sustained wrinkling and crushing damage to both wings and fuselage.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree while making an off-field landing in a glider. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting winds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 09:49 | DColclasure | Added |
| 28-Jun-2009 22:28 | DColclasure | Updated |
| 16-Jul-2013 13:23 | CAPTAIN | Updated [Cn] |
| 16-Jul-2013 13:23 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 03-Dec-2017 11:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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