What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While aborting an attempted takeoff, the glider ground looped. The airport has a turf runway. The pilot stated that the ground was soft and the grass was long which kept the aircraft from reaching rotational speed in enough time to execute a take off. He aborted the take off later than he should have and overran the runway, then ground looped after departing the end of the runway.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE ABORTING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF, THE GLIDER GROUND LOOPED. THE AIRPORT HAS A TURF RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE GROUND WAS SOFT AND THE GRASS WAS LONG WHICH KEPT THE AIRCRAFT FROM REACHING ROTATIONAL SPEED IN ENOUGH TIME TO EXECUTE A TAKE OFF. HE ABORTED THE TAKE OFF LATER THAN HE SHOULD HAVE AND OVERRAN THE RUNWAY, THEN GROUND LOOPED AFTER DEPARTING THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
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