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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · DG Flugzeugbau DG-800B · Minden, NV · April 14, 2016

Date
April 14, 2016 · 16:19 local
Place
Minden, NV
Airport
Minden-Tahoe
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N928Q
Reported as
DG Flugzeugbau DG-800B
Reported engine
N/A N/A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total138 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

Winds were 270 at 11 with gusts to 29 knots during the takeoff from runway 34. Prior to liftoff, the pilot lost control of the powered glider and impacted the left runway light as he exited the runway.

As the FAA filed it

WINDS WERE 270 AT 11 WITH GUSTS TO 29 KNOTS DURING THE TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 34. PRIOR TO LIFTOFF, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE POWERED GLIDER AND IMPACTED THE LEFT RUNWAY LIGHT AS HE EXITED THE RUNWAY.