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.
Off airport landing due to loss of lift. On landing roll out glider struck drainange ditch in the middle of the field and ground looped. Tail struck side of ditch snapping tail boom about 3 feet forward of vertical stabilizer.
As the FAA filed it
OFF AIRPORT LANDING DUE TO LOSS OF LIFT. ON LANDING ROLL OUT GLIDER STRUCK DRAINANGE DITCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND GROUND LOOPED. TAIL STRUCK SIDE OF DITCH SNAPPING TAIL BOOM ABOUT 3 FEET FORWARD OF VERTICAL STABILIZER.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.