20081025857429A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Hofflu H 36 DIMONA · Sparks, NV · October 25, 2008

Date
October 25, 2008 · 16:00 local
Place
Sparks, NV
Airport
Air Sailing Gliderport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13EB
Reported as
Hofflu H36DIMONA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total4 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot stated that while taxiing his motor glider after landing he swerved to avoid a soft spot on the taxiway and the fiberglass landing gear sheared.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING HIS MOTOR GLIDER AFTER LANDING HE SWERVED TO AVOID A SOFT SPOT ON THE TAXIWAY AND THE FIBERGLASS LANDING GEAR SHEARED.