ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69875
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Date: | Saturday 10 April 1993 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Rolladen-Schneider LS4-a |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N7DZ |
MSN: | |
Total airframe hrs: | 848 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wenatchee, WA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Wenatchee, WA |
Destination airport: | Wenatchee, WA |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE GLIDER PILOT STATED THAT HE CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT WHEN OTHER PILOTS REPORTED A LARGE AREA OF CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT WITH VIRGA AND RAIN MOVING TOWARD THE AIRPORT. HE ELECTED TO EXTEND HIS FLIGHT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THEN ON HIS RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, WINDS AND RAIN INCREASED IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT. ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM LANDING, HE DECIDED THAT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAKE THE FIELD, AND LANDED IN A SMALL FIELD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ON AN UPSLOPE AND A LARGE ROCK BROKE THROUGH THE FUSELAGE, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: SEA93LA095
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Nov-2009 10:14 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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