# Accident 20081018857159A: Langef E1ANTARES, Winter Haven, FL, October 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2008, 13:15 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0628° N, 81.7531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0628&lon=-81.7531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4929R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4929R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lange Flugzeugbau E1 ANTARES (registry code 7020250, https://openairdocs.org/model/lange-flugzeugbau-e1-antares) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANGEF E1ANTARES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 130 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081018857159A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON OCTOBER 18, 2008, A LANGE FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH, POWERED GLIDER, N4929R, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ATTEMPTED A TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 11 AT WINTER HAVEN GILBERT AIRPORT LOCATED IN WINTER HAVEN FLORIDA, AIRPORT ID KGIF.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE PILOT STATED HE STARTED HIS TAKEOFF ROLL AND NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT HEADING TOWARDS HIM, HE ABORTED THE TAKE OFF PULLED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS AREA.  THE NOSE WHEEL FELL INTO A HOLE TEARING IT FREE FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT WING HIT AN AIRPORT SIGN AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  THE PILOT ALSO STATED THE RUNWAY HAS A GRADUAL INCLINE UPWARD APPROXIMATELY HALF THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN DOWNWARD, THIS PREVENTED HIM FROM SEEING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT & NO INJURIES TO THE LOT.

## 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 ERA09CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA024), Oct 18, 2008: Lange Flugzeugbau E1 Antares (N4929R), Winter Haven, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of the other airplane to announce his intentions prior to takeoff, resulting in a runway incursion. Contributing to the accident was the limited forward visibility due to the…

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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