FAA incident report · Bone Glenn L PIONEER II D · Pryor, OK · April 19, 2014
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.
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Glider tow rope failed to completely release, glider lost altitude on take-off and made a hard landing, causing damage to fiberglass belly skin.
GLIDER TOW ROPE FAILED TO COMPLETELY RELEASE, GLIDER LOST ALTITUDE ON TAKE-OFF AND MADE A HARD LANDING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS BELLY SKIN.