# Accident 20080915844639A: Glasfl H301LIBELLE, Blairstown, NJ, September 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Airport: Blairstown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9711° N, 74.9972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9711&lon=-74.9972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1263, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1263) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glasflugel H 301 LIBELLE (registry code 3800337, https://openairdocs.org/model/glasflugel-h-301-libelle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASFL H301LIBELLE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 40 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080915844639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING AT BLAIRSTOWN AIRPORT (1N7), BLAIRSTOWN, NEW JERSEY.  AT THE TIME OF LANDING THE WINDS WERE GUSTING AT ABOUT 12 KNOTS.  PILOT WAS OVER THE RUNWAY AND WANTED TO KEEP HIS SPEED UP FOR CONTROL ABILITY OF THE GLIDER.  THE GLIDER WAS CONFIGURED WITH THE FLAPS DOWN AND SPEED BRAKES EXTENDED.  PILOT REACHED OVER TO RETRACT THE SPEED BRAKES BUT RETRACTED THE FLAPS CAUSING THE GLIDER TO LOOSE LIFT AND IMPACT THE RUNWAY.  THE TAIL SECTION OF THE GLIDER SUSTAINED A CRACK, NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 MIA08CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA194), Sep 15, 2008: Glasflugel H-301 (N1263), Blairstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent retraction of flaps during the landing flare.

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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