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SEA88LA115

1988-06-20 · EPHRATA, Washington, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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Factual narrative

THE GLIDER PLT WAS MANEUVERING FOR A THERMAL WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT. THE PLT SAID INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE REMAINED FOR AN AIRPORT LANDING. AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING ON ROUGH TERRAIN RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_SEA88LA115.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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