The PIK-13 was a sailplane constructed in Finland to compete in the 1954 World Gliding Championships,[1] held at Camphill Farm, Great Hucklow, UK.
[2] It was a conventional mid-wing design of "workmanlike" construction[3] and underwent five test flights in the course of 1954 before its entry in the competition.
[7] The PIK-13 was destroyed in an accident on 26 March 1956 when the control stick broke in flight.
[4] Pilot Jorma Jalkanen parachuted to safety.
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1955-56[8]General characteristics Performance