ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71012
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Date: | Thursday 20 May 1982 |
Time: | 14:20 |
Type: | LET L-13 Blaník |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N99805 |
MSN: | 026509 |
Total airframe hrs: | 300 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Warren, MN -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE GLIDER DURING THE TOW AND RELEASED PREMATURELY. THE DESTINATION WAS 12 TO 14 MILES AWAY WITH 10-15 KT HEADWINDS. WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED THE DESTINATION COULD NOT BE MADE A ROAD WAS SELECTED FOR A FORCED LANDING BECAUSE LOCAL FIELDS WERE SOFT AND MUDDY. AT A LOW ALTITUDE THE TOW PILOT WARNED OF A TRUCK ON THE ROAD AND THE GLIDER PILOT DIVERTED TO A NEARBY FIELD. THE WING COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: CHI82DA177
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 October 2002 |
N99805 |
Private |
0 |
Morgan, UT |
|
w/o |
Collision with pole or wires |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jan-2010 10:57 |
DColclasure |
Added |
04-Jul-2013 12:49 |
Captain |
Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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