# Accident 20020510010159A: Glaser DG100G, Union, IL, May 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Union, IL
- Airport: Sky Soaring Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2293° N, 88.5391° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2293&lon=-88.5391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169LM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau DG-100G (registry code 3802504, https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-flugzeugbau-dg-100g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DG100G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020510010159A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 10, 2002, AT 1400 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A GLASER-DIRKS-FLUGZEUBAU DG-100G, N169LM, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 27 (2,300 FEET BY 100 FEET, DRY/TURF) AT THE SKY SOARING AIRPORT (55LL), UNION, ILLINOIS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT REPORTED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN AERO-TOW LAUNCH. THE PILOT REPORTED, "WHEN I WAS READY TO LAUNCH, I GAVE THE WING-RUNNER THE SIGNAL TO LIFT THE WING AND HE DID. I [SIGNALED] THE TOW PLANE TO BEGIN TAKE-OFF. AT THE START OF THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, I GAVE A LITTLE RIGHT RUDDER INPUT AS THE GLIDER WAS VEERING LEFT OF THE INTENDED PATH. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY I SAW THE NOSE OF THE GLIDER WAS MOVING VERY ERRATICALLY. I DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO ABORT THE LAUNCH BY PULLING THE RELEASE." THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE TOW-ROPE RELEASE WAS MADE, "... THE PLANE WAS A FEW FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL." THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE GLIDER IMPACTED THE TERRAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. A WEATHER OBSERVATION STATION, LOCATED AT THE DE KALB TAYLOR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DKB), ABOUT 16 NAUTICAL MILES (NM) FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE ON A 213 DEGREES MAGNETIC HEADING, RECORDED THE WEATHER CONDITIONS APPROXIMATELY 8 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT AS: OBSERVATION TIME: 1408 WIND: 260 DEGREES MAGNETIC AT 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS VISIBILITY: 10 STATUE MILES SKY CONDITION: SKY CLEAR TEMPERATURE: 17 DEGREES CELSIUS DEW POINT: -13 DEGREES CELSIUS PRESSURE: 30.30 INCHES-OF-MERCURY                     (-23) THE COMMERCIAL GLIDER PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF N169LM, A DG-100 GLIDER, DURING AN AERO-TOW LAUNCH PROCEDURE. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY.

## 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 CHI02LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA131), May 10, 2002: Glaser-Dirks-Flugzeubau DG-100G (N169LM), Union, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining aircraft control during the aero-tow takeoff. Factors to the accident were the high wind velocity and the gusting wind condition.

## Other reports on N169LM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940710029859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940710029859I), Jul 10, 1994: Glaser DG100G (N169LM), Dekalb, IL. Ran out of lift. Landed at airport that was closed due to airshow.

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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