# Accident 20120528010119A: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1, Mocksville, NC, May 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2012, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mocksville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0192° N, 80.5097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0192&lon=-80.5097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N817V-2019-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1 (registry code 8821644, https://openairdocs.org/model/pdps-pzl-bielsko-szd-55-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PDPS PZL-BIELSKO SZD-55-1
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 8 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA378) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120528010119A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS 5? TO THE LEFT OF THE TOW PLANE HEADING WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE BEING TOWED FOR TAKE OFF.  BEFOE THE PILOT COULD  DISCONNECT FROM TOW PLANE THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE GLIDER QUICKLY PIVOTED TO THE RIGHT 70?.  THE GLIDER THEN LIFTED 3-5 FEET OFF THE GROUND.  THIS IS WHEN THE PILOT OF THE GLIDER RELEASED THE TOW ROPE AND THE GLIDER LANDED ON THE TAIL WHEEL AND THE TAIL BENT 90?.

## 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 ERA12CA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA378), May 28, 2012: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1 (N817V), Mocksville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider pilot's failure to attain and maintain directional control during takeoff.

## Other reports on N817V (1)

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

- [Accident 20170729007589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170729007589A), Jul 29, 2017: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-55-1 (N817V), Mocksville, NC, Substantial damage. On July 29, 2017, at approximately 1715 EDT, a SZD-55-1, glider registered to [privacy data omitted] and piloted by [privacy data omitted] was attempting to…

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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