20091007018479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stemme S10-VT · Eagle, CO · October 7, 2009

Date
October 7, 2009 · 14:56 local
Place
Eagle, CO
Airport
Eagle County Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N818ST
Reported as
Stemme S10VT
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total600 in this make and model10 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.

On octorber 07, 2009 at approximately 1456 mountain daylight time, a Stemme gmbh/S10-VT glider (N818ST) received minor damage during an attempted takeoff. The glider veered of the runway contacting a light stansion. The private pilot and owner sherman scott was uninjured. The incident occured at Eagle country airport. Iin a statement from the pilot sherman scott, he was cleared by the tower for runway 25 with reported gusts of 18 knots from 220 degrees. During takeoff roll prior to rotation a gust of wind caused the aircraft to yaw to the left. Power was reduced and the aircraft veered left into a light stansion at the edge of the runway. The glider received minor damage on the left gear door.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTORBER 07, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1456 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A STEMME GMBH/S10-VT GLIDER (N818ST) RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. THE GLIDER VEERED OF THE RUNWAY CONTACTING A LIGHT STANSION. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND OWNER SHERMAN SCOTT WAS UNINJURED. THE INCIDENT OCCURED AT EAGLE COUNTRY AIRPORT. IIN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT SHERMAN SCOTT, HE WAS CLEARED BY THE TOWER FOR RUNWAY 25 WITH REPORTED GUSTS OF 18 KNOTS FROM 220 DEGREES. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL PRIOR TO ROTATION A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW TO THE LEFT. POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT INTO A LIGHT STANSION AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE GLIDER RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE ON THE LEFT GEAR DOOR.