20121020023469A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · AB Sportine Aviacija GENESIS 2 · Roseland, VA · October 20, 2012

Date
October 20, 2012 · 12:10 local
Place
Roseland, VA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4KN
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA035
Reported as
AB Sportine Aviacija Genesis 2
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total

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.

Pilot lost control of glider on rotation, drug a wing, flipped end-over. Pilot state changes in wind caused it. (Perhaps wake turbulence from the tow aircraft.)

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF GLIDER ON ROTATION, DRUG A WING, FLIPPED END-OVER. PILOT STATE CHANGES IN WIND CAUSED IT. (PERHAPS WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE TOW AIRCRAFT.)

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.