# Accident 20080629843759A: Glasfl LIBELLE, Front Royal, VA, June 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2008, 11:33 local time
- Place: Front Royal, VA
- Airport: Front Royal-Warren County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8958° N, 78.8958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8958&lon=-78.8958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N184W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N184W-2009-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glasflugel STANDARD LIBELLE (registry code 3800341, https://openairdocs.org/model/glasflugel-standard-libelle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASFL LIBELLE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080629843759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT STATED AFTER THE GLIDER WAS RELEASED FROM THE TOW AIRCRAFT HE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE.  HE SLAMMED AGAINST THE CANOPY OF THE AIRCRAFT SHATTERING THE CANOPY.  THE TURBULENCE INDUCED A NEGATIVE PITCH ATTITUDE.  THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEYOND VNE.  AT THIS POINT THE PILOT RECOVERED FROM THE TURBULENCE UPSET, AND MADE AN APPROACH INTO A CLEARING.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A TREE BEFORE TOUCH DOWN, LANDED HARD INTO THE GRASS, AND GROUND LOOPED BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP.

## 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 NYC08CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA236), Jun 29, 2008: Glasflugel Standard Libelle (N184W), Front Royal, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Aircraft control was not maintained during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was turbulence and inadvertent flight into adverse weather.

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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