ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66143
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| Date: | Sunday 23 May 2004 |
| Time: | 19:05 |
| Type: |  LET L-13 Blaník |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N53AS |
| MSN: | 027057 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sparks, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sparks, NV (NV23) |
| Sparks, NV (NV23) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A glider landed long and collided with high vegetation. While on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, the pilot noted that he was close to the runway. During final approach the glider was above the glide slope, and the pilot elected to deploy full spoilers and configure the glider in a forward slip. Despite his efforts to reduce altitude and airspeed, the pilot could not make the runway and landed the glider in sagebrush located past the end of the runway. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the aircraft.
Probable Cause: the student pilot's misjudged altitude, distance, and speed, and failure to attain the proper touchdown point, resulting in an overshoot of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040616X00823&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 1991 | N53AS | Ames Soaring Club | 0 | Byron, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2009 02:46 | DColclasure | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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