# Accident 20170614009759A: Sportine Aviacija LAK-12, Reno, NV, June 14, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Air Sailing Glider Port
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8689° N, 119.7028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8689&lon=-119.7028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4206N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4206N-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sportine Aviacija LAK-12 (registry code 056101E, https://openairdocs.org/model/sportine-aviacija-lak-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPORTINE AVIACIJA LAK-12
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,761 total, 7 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA340) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170614009759A

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER LIFT OFF, WHILE BEING TOWED, THE GLIDER PILOT ALLOWED THE GLIDER TO CLIMB APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET ABOVE THE TOW PLANE CAUSING TWO EFFECTS THAT OCCURRED ALMOST SIMULTANIOUSLY. 1. THE TOW PILOT RELEASED THE GLIDER AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL. 2 THE ANGLE OF THE TOW ROPE WAS SUCH THAT IT DETACHED FROM THE GLIDER. THE GLIDER PILOT STATED HE HAD AN UNKNOWN DISTRACTION SHORTLY AFTER BREAKING GROUND AND DID NOT DISCOVER HIS POSITION BEHIND THE TOW PLANE WAS OUT OF LIMITS FOR THE TOW TO CONTINUE.

## 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 GAA17CA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA340), Jun 14, 2017: Sportine Aviacija LAK 12 (N4206N), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider pilot’s failure to maintain proper pitch during an aerotow takeoff.

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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