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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Schempp-Hirth STANDARD AUSTRIA SH1 · Monticello, IL · August 1, 1998

Date
August 1, 1998 · 14:00 local
Place
Monticello, IL
Airport
Piatt County Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88986
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
39 total5 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) The airman lost directional control of the glider during takeoff, released the towline and subsequently collided with a parked aircraft. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRMAN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE GLIDER DURING TAKEOFF, RELEASED THE TOWLINE AND SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.