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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr HP-18 · Hillside, CO · June 14, 1988

Date
June 14, 1988 · 12:30 local
Place
Hillside, CO
Airport
Lake Creek Soaringport Gliderp
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N81940
Reported as
Amtr HP18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
621 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tow plane raised thick dust on takeoff roll. Glider pilot blinded,veered off runway and ground looped in tall grass

As the FAA filed it

TOW PLANE RAISED THICK DUST ON TAKEOFF ROLL. GLIDER PILOT BLINDED,VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED IN TALL GRASS