# Incident 20090629011299I: Glaser DG500M, Bozeman, MT, June 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2009, 17:05 local time
- Place: Bozeman, MT
- Airport: Gallatin Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6839° N, 111.0576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bozeman, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6839&lon=-111.0576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505GG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505GG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glaser-Dirks DG-500M (registry code 3802552, https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-dg-500m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASER DG500M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 500 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090629011299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JUNE 29, 2009, AT 1705 LOCAL TIME, A MOTORIZED GLIDER, GLASER-DIRKS DG-500M, REGISTERED TO HIGH RIDGE AIRWAYS, LTD, FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT THE KBZN (BOZEMAN AIRPORT) IN BELGRADE, MONATANA, ON RUNWAY 30.  WHILE TURNING OFF RUNWAY 3, ON TAXIWAY 30, THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE SECOND TAXI LIGHT FROM THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP OF THE GLIDER.  THE FRANGIBLE LINKS FOR THE TAXIWAY LIGHT BROKE FROM THE CONTACT WITH THE WINGTIP.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, WHICH WAS THE OUTBOARD END OF THE WINGTIP GELCOAT AND PAINT WAS SCRATCHED, WITH A "FINGERNAIL CLIPPING" SIZED PIECEOF GELCOAT MISSING.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE KBZN AIRPORT.

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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