# Accident 19790428007229A: Entwic PHOEBUSC, Southaven, MS, April 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Southaven, MS
- Airport: De Soto Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9890° N, 90.0126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southaven, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9890&lon=-90.0126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11NE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11NE-1989-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Entwicklungsgemeinschaft PHOEBUS C (registry code 3321210, https://openairdocs.org/model/entwicklungsgemeinschaft-phoebus-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENTWIC PHOEBUSC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 6 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLT05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790428007229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON TAKEOFF THE PILOT ALLOWED THE GLIDER TO GET OUT OF POSITION BEHIND TOW PLANE.TOW ROPE RELEASED. GLIDER HIT TREE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79DLT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLT05), Apr 28, 1979: Entwicklung C (N11NE), Southaven, MS, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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