# Accident 19970802020389A: Corcrn BGLIDER, Superior, WI, August 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1997, 13:30 local time
- Place: Superior, WI
- Airport: Richard Bong Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6697° N, 92.0790° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6697&lon=-92.0790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5516V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CORCRN BGLIDER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA239) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970802020389A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER CENTER WING SECTION FAILED ON A TOW. IMPACTED NEAR VERTICAL. WOOD WING HAD INTERIOR ROT. OVER GROSS WEIGHT. (-23) GLIDER WING CENTER SECTION FAILED ADJACENT TO RIGHT HAND FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT WHILE BEING TOWED.  TOW PLANE FELT HARD PULLS AND RELEASED TOW CABLE.  TOW PLANE COULD NOT CONTACT GLIDER BY RADIO.  GLIDER CONTACTED GROUND ALMOST VERTICAL AND INVERTED.  RIGHT WING FOUND 2 BLOCKS AWAY TIP UP IN BANK OF CREEK.  CANOPY AND TOW ROPE NOT FOUND.  TOW HOOK ON GLIDER FOUND ATTACHED BUT BENT.  AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY HARDWARD SHOWED SIGNS OF MOISTURE ACCUMULATION (RUST).  AIRCRAFT OF WOODEN CONSTRUCTION.  SECTION OF WING CENTER SECTION SPAR SHIPPED TO NTSB FOR ANALYSIS.  SECONDARY PILOT IS THE TOW PLANE PILOT.

## 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 CHI97LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA239), Aug 2, 1997: Briegleb BG-12A (N5516V), Superior, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the separation of the wing from the glider for undetermined reasons.

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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