# Accident 20080705843549A: Amtr GENESIS2, Beloit, WI, July 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2008, 15:15 local time
- Place: Beloit, WI
- Airport: Beloit
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5075° N, 88.9681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5075&lon=-88.9681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: AB Sportine Aviacija GENESIS 2 (registry code 05606KT, https://openairdocs.org/model/ab-sportine-aviacija-genesis-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GENESIS2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 97 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080705843549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 5, 2008 AT 1515 CDT AN AB SPORTINE AVIACIJA GENESIS 2 GLIDER REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF NEW BERLIN, WISCONSIN COLIDED WITH A TOW CART WHILE LANDING AT THE BELOIT, WISCONSIN AIRPORT/GLIDER PORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON HARD SURFACE RUNWAY 7 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME A TOW CART WAS TRANSITIONING FROM THE GLIDER STAGING AREA TO THE PARALLEL SOD SURFACE RUNWAY 7 TO TOW A PREVIOUSLY LANDED AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE STAGING AREA. THE TRANSITION ACROSS THE RUNWAY WAS AT AN APPROXIMATE THIRTY DEGREE ANGLE. N58RW COLLIDED WITH THE REAR OF THE TOW CART WITH ITS LEFT WING CAUSING IT TO SPIN 180 DEGREES WHILE COMING TO A STOP. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PRIVATE PILOT OR THE TOW CART DRIVER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS' COMPOSITE LEFT WING. THE AIRPORT OPERATOR CONDUCTED A SAFETY MEETING WITH ITS EMPLOYEES ON JULY 12TH CONCERNING ALL ASPECTS OF SAFE OPERATION.

## 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 CHI08CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA202), Jul 5, 2008: AB Sportine Aviacija Genesis 2 (N58RW), Beloit, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the driver of the golf cart and the air/ground communications not available to the golf cart driver during movement onto an active runway while the glider was landing.

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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