# Accident 20100827046189A: Beam-Walter RS-15, Windsor, VA, August 27, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2010, 13:55 local time
- Place: Windsor, VA
- Airport: Garner Gliderport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8561° N, 76.6819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8561&lon=-76.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29WB-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beam-Walter RS-15 (registry code 05647AL, https://openairdocs.org/model/beam-walter-rs-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEAM-WALTER RS-15
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 564 total, 89 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA477) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100827046189A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ASSEMBLING GLIDER FOR FLIGHT, THE PILOT FAILED TO ENSURE THAT LOCKING PIN ON THE RIGHT RUDDERVATOR WAS PROPERLY LOCKED IN POSITION.  DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, RIGHT RUDDERVATOR CAME UNLOCKED RESULTING IN PILOT UNABLE TO CONTROL GLIDER.  PILOT RELEASED TOW LINE AND GLIDER IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA10CA477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA477), Aug 27, 2010: Beam-Walter RS-15 (N29WB), Windsor, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate installation and preflight inspection of the right rudervator assembly, which resulted in a loss control during takeoff.

## Other reports on N29WB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800601016709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800601016709A), Jun 1, 1980: Amtr RS15 (N29WB), Frederick, MD, Substantial damage. Pilot used high drag flaps & did not maintain air-speed in attempted short field landing.

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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