# Incident 19960206005209I: Scwzer SGS136, Warner Springs, CA, February 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1996, 14:10 local time
- Place: Warner Springs, CA
- Airport: Warner Springs Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2845° N, 116.6697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARNER SPRINGS (CL35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2845&lon=-116.6697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36148, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36148) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-36 (registry code 8050153, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS136
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 5 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/19960206005209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. MAAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH INSPECTOR PARK, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 PDT, ON 02/06/96: MR. MAAS LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE GLIDER, DURING TAKEOFF, WHILE BEING ROPE-TOWED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. THE CONTROL PROBLEMS BEGAN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AS THE GLIDER SLEWED, SIDE TO SIDE, BEHIND THE TOW AIRCRAFT. AFTER LIFT-OFF, AT ABOUT 20 FEET, AGL, THE GLIDER BALLOONED, AND YAWED, AND WAS "ALMOST SIDEWAYS" TO THE TOW PLANE. AT THAT POINT, MR. MAAS RELEASED THE ROPE TOW AND ATTEMPTED A LANDING BACK ON THE RUNWAY. HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE GLIDER ON ROLLOUT, RESULTING IN DEPARTURE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE GLIDER STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING, AND THE CANOPY. MR. MAAS RECEIVED MINOR CUTS ON HIS NOSE AND LEFT HAND. MR. MAAS SAID THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS HIS OVER-CORRECTING AND OVER-CONTROLLING DURING TAKEOFF.

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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