# Accident 20120810027359A: Schleicher ASW-22BLE 50R, Uvalde, TX, August 10, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2012, 13:05 local time
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Airport: Garner Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2113° N, 99.7436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARNER FLD (UVA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2113&lon=-99.7436&mi=10
- Aircraft: OK2227 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-22BLE 50R
- Reported engine: WANKEL AE50R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 8,149 total, 300 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120810027359A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL OF A SELF LAUNCHING  GLIDER, THE GLIDER PILOT DID NOT ABORT HIS TAKEOFF, RAN OUT OF TAXIWAY AND WENT INTO A DITCH AND BACK UP THE OTHER SIDE. THE GLIDER WAS NOT DAMAGED EXTERNALLY BUT INTERNALLY. THE LANDING GEAR BOX SEPERATED FROM THE FUSELAGE DUE TO THE ROUGH TERRAIN IN THE DITCH.  THE TAXIWAY WAS BEING USED FOR LAUNCHING.DURING RUN UP, PRIOR TO LAUNCH, THE BRAKES ARE SET BY PULLING BACK ON A LEVER THAT ALSO CONTROLS THE SPEED BRAKES. ONCE THE ENGINE POWERS UP, THE PILOT RELEASES THE LEVER AND LOCKS IT IN PLACE, IN THE FORWARD POSITION. IF THE LEVER IS NOT LOCKED THE SPEED BRAKES WILL DEPLOY, PREVENTING THE GLIDER FROM REACHING TAKE OFF SPEED. THIS IS WHAT KEPT THE GLIDER FROM BECOMING AIRBORNE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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