# Accident 20020912037599A: Brasov IS28B2, Blairstown, NJ, September 12, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0167° N, 75.0333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0167&lon=-75.0333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8216Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8216Q-2005-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: I.C.A.-Brasov IS-28B2 (registry code 4490102, https://openairdocs.org/model/i-c-a-brasov-is-28b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRASOV IS28B2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,780 total, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020912037599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN THE REAR SEAT STATED THAT THE FRONT SEAT PILOT RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT FROM TOW EXTREMELY EARLY, AT ABOUT 500 FEET ABOVE THE RIDGE LINE, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY AND FORCIBLY TOOK OVER THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND BANKED THE GLIDER TO THE RIGHT, INTO THE RIDGE LINE INSTEAD OF LEFT INTO THE VALLEY. GLIDER EXPERIENCED SEVERE DOWN DRAFTS AND WAS FORCED INTO THE TREES AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE LINE.

## 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 NYC02LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA193), Sep 12, 2002: I.C.A. Brasov IS-28-B2 (N8216Q), Blairstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The second pilot's improper in-flight decision to perform a release from the towplane, which did not allow for successful completion of the flight. A factor was the downdrafts.

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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