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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · SZD SZD41A · Orbit, VA · September 24, 2000

Date: September 24, 2000 · 13:00 local
Place: Orbit, VA
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N277AS
Reported as: SZD SZD41A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 62 total10 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

N277ASRegistered now · Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln 41A JANTAR STANDARDS/N B-793 · Built 1977 Airframe modelSzybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln 41A JANTAR STANDARD Engine modelNONENone

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) Pilot stated that during takeoff the glider became airborne about one third down the runway, and a wind gust pushed the tail to the left and thus the aircraft moved to the right and very close to a cotton field. The pilot released from the tow plane, however, was unable to land without contacting the right wing in the cotton field. There was no injury to the pilot. The right wing, right airleron, and rudder had minor damage to the composite skin. The pilot was counseled.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKEOFF THE GLIDER BECAME AIRBORNE ABOUT ONE THIRD DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND A WIND GUST PUSHED THE TAIL TO THE LEFT AND THUS THE AIRCRAFT MOVED TO THE RIGHT AND VERY CLOSE TO A COTTON FIELD. THE PILOT RELEASED FROM THE TOW PLANE, HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO LAND WITHOUT CONTACTING THE RIGHT WING IN THE COTTON FIELD. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT AIRLERON, AND RUDDER HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COMPOSITE SKIN. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED.