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.
The CFI stated: civil air patrol glider with cfig giving instruction to a cap cadet. On auto tow takeodd, the cfig felt the glider slow. Raising the nose did not increase airspeed and the nose was lowered. The cfig noticed that the tow rope struck and lowered the nose. The glider touched down hard and bounced the towline then accelerated the glider and the cfig released the rope. The glider touched down hard and stopped 100 feet later. No damage to the glider, however, the student pilot complained of a sore neck. The army medivac the student to the hospital for observation. She was released the next day continued.
As the FAA filed it
THE CFI STATED: CIVIL AIR PATROL GLIDER WITH CFIG GIVING INSTRUCTION TO A CAP CADET. ON AUTO TOW TAKEODD, THE CFIG FELT THE GLIDER SLOW. RAISING THE NOSE DID NOT INCREASE AIRSPEED AND THE NOSE WAS LOWERED. THE CFIG NOTICED THAT THE TOW ROPE STRUCK AND LOWERED THE NOSE. THE GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED THE TOWLINE THEN ACCELERATED THE GLIDER AND THE CFIG RELEASED THE ROPE. THE GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND STOPPED 100 FEET LATER. NO DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER, HOWEVER, THE STUDENT PILOT COMPLAINED OF A SORE NECK. THE ARMY MEDIVAC THE STUDENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. SHE WAS RELEASED THE NEXT DAY CONTINUED.
Other reports on N17914 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.