Soaring craft lands in a field as a result of windshear from L94, ca.

Attributes
ACN	437794
Time
Date	199905
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : l94.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 5500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence Windshear
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Sail Plane
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : circling approach : visual arrival : vfr
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 223 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 2
ASRS Report	437794
Events
Anomaly	excursion : runway inflight encounter : turbulence other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Soaring 6 mi south of mountain valley airport (L94), encountered severe shear which made a return to airport impossible. Found the only field to land in within several mi. Landed out as it is called. Slight damage to wingtip on left side, wing leading edge on right. No canopy damage, no tail boom damage. Landed at edge of field on approach side. Stopped within 100 ft approximately 1/2 distance from other side.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SOARING CRAFT LANDS IN A FIELD AS A RESULT OF WINDSHEAR FROM L94, CA.

Narrative: SOARING 6 MI S OF MOUNTAIN VALLEY ARPT (L94), ENCOUNTERED SEVERE SHEAR WHICH MADE A RETURN TO ARPT IMPOSSIBLE. FOUND THE ONLY FIELD TO LAND IN WITHIN SEVERAL MI. LANDED OUT AS IT IS CALLED. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO WINGTIP ON L SIDE, WING LEADING EDGE ON R. NO CANOPY DAMAGE, NO TAIL BOOM DAMAGE. LANDED AT EDGE OF FIELD ON APCH SIDE. STOPPED WITHIN 100 FT APPROX 1/2 DISTANCE FROM OTHER SIDE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.