# Incident 19810801060659I: Amtr MONERAIS, Mansfield, MA, August 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1981, 12:15 local time
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0334° N, 71.2189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mansfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0334&lon=-71.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54MS-2013-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcculloch G James MONERAI-S (registry code 05647DT, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcculloch-g-james-monerai-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MONERAIS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 3 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810801060659I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER PILOT RELEASED TOW LINE PREMATURLY. INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. LANDED SHORT.

## Other reports on N54MS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870705033989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870705033989A), Jul 5, 1987: Amtr MONERAIS (N54MS), Springfield, VT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. In flight failure of left spar at cruise altitude. Impacted the ground in a flat spin. Powered homebuilt glider.

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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