# Incident 20000924038179I: Szd SZD41A, Orbit, VA, September 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Orbit, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N277AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N277AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Szybowcowy Zaklad Doswiadczaln 41A JANTAR STANDARD (registry code 8821641, https://openairdocs.org/model/szybowcowy-zaklad-doswiadczaln-41a-jantar-standard) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SZD SZD41A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 10 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000924038179I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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