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.
Narrative: on take off tow plane could not clear down lines successfully. Glider pilot released from tow plane, then aborted. With insufficient runway for a successful landing glider landed in soft crop rows, no growth, which caused a ground loop. Damage to rear fuselage fiberglass was minor.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON TAKE OFF TOW PLANE COULD NOT CLEAR DOWN LINES SUCCESSFULLY. GLIDER PILOT RELEASED FROM TOW PLANE, THEN ABORTED. WITH INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY FOR A SUCCESSFUL LANDING GLIDER LANDED IN SOFT CROP ROWS, NO GROWTH, WHICH CAUSED A GROUND LOOP. DAMAGE TO REAR FUSELAGE FIBERGLASS WAS MINOR.
Other reports on N6BF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.