# Accident 20070413006722A: Glaser DG500ELANORI, Llano, CA, April 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2007, 15:00 local time
- Place: Llano, CA
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4958° N, 117.8294° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4958&lon=-117.8294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505TW-2010-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glaser-Dirks DG 500 ELAN (registry code 3802553, https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-dg-500-elan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DG500ELANORI
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070413006722A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 13, 2007 N101JJ A BLANIK L-13 GLIDER WAS LANDING AFTER A SOLO STUDENT FLIGHT. UPON TOUCH DOWN AND ROLL OUT ON A PARALLEL DIRT RUNWAY THE PILOT OF N101JJ DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK N505TW A DG MODEL 505 GLIDER WHICH WAS STAGED ON THE CONCRETE RUNWAY WAITING TO LAUNCH. THE RIGHT WING OF THE BLANIK STRUCK THE LEFT WING OF THE COMPOSITE 505 FROM BEHIND. THE IMPACT BENT THE ALL METAL BLANIK WING, DISTORTED THE WING ATTACH BOX, AND BENT THE BLANIK'S METAL FUSELAGE. THE COMPOSITE 505 GLIDER RECEIVED MINOR IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE LEFT AILERON AND NO VISIBLE TRANSMITTAL DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE COMPOSITE WING. THE 505 GLIDER HAD AN INSTRUCTOR AND A PASSENGER ONBOARD.

## 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 SEA07LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA101), Apr 13, 2007: Glaser-Dirks DG 505 Elan (N505TW), Llano, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the other pilot to maintain directional control during landing roll.

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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