# Incident 20050904025389I: Schler ASH26E, Elbert, CO, September 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2005, 12:15 local time
- Place: Elbert, CO
- Airport: Black Forest Glider Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2194° N, 104.5397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elbert, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2194&lon=-104.5397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher Alexander ASH 26 E (registry code 05624RU, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-alexander-ash-26-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASH26E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 215 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/20050904025389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1215 LOCAL TIME ON 09/04/2005, A MOTOR GLIDER PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF FROM KELLEY AIR PARK. THERE WERE OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND IN HIS HASTE TO ACCOMODATE THE TRAFFIC, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NEGLECTED TO LOCK THE DIVE BRAKES IN THE STOWED POSITION. THE GLIDER REACHED TAKEOFF SPEED, AND LIFTED OFF TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET BEFORE IT BEGAN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. N25WD HIT THE RUNWAY ON THE MAIN GEAR, BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR BEFORE THE THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO IDLE. THIS CAUSED THE GLIDER TO BOUNCE INTO THE AIR, AND THE PILOT APPLIED FORWARD STICK TO PREVENT STALL. AT THIS POINT THE GLIDER DESCENDED RAPIDLY, STRIKING THE RUNWAY HARD ENOUGH TO COLLAPSE THE MAIN GEAR. AS THE PLANE SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 17, IT BEGAN A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT TURNING APPROXIMATELY 120 DEGREES BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED TO AN ADJOINING HANGAR FOR STORAGE AND REPAIRS.

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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