# Incident 20190610006501I: Rolladen-Schneider LS-6, Stanton, MN, June 10, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2019, 13:30 local time
- Place: Stanton, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4719° N, 93.0230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stanton, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4719&lon=-93.0230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91BT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91BT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rolladen-Schneider LS-6 (registry code 3801260, https://openairdocs.org/model/rolladen-schneider-ls-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROLLADEN-SCHNEIDER LS-6
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,170 total, 600 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190610006501I

## Narrative

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

THE TOW AIRCRAFT AND GLIDER DEPART KSYN AIRPORT ON RWY 27 HEADED STRAIGHT WEST WITH A 20 KNOT HEADWIND.  3 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT THE TWO AIRPLANES MADE A LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN AND FLEW A HALF MILE BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT WHEN THE GLIDER RELEASED AT 2.5 MILES FROM KSYN, 2900FT MSL/1900 AGL.  BOTH AIRCRAFT HAD A TAILWIND.  THE GLIDER TURNED SE APPROXIMATELY 145 HDG.  THE TOW PLANE CONTINUED STRAIGHT EAST FOR .5 MILE PROVIDING LATERAL SEPARATION, HE DID NOT DESCEND.  BEING STRAIGHT WEST OF THE RUNWAY 27, THE TOW PLANE, TURNED SOUTH EAST APPROXIMATELY HEADING 165 AND STARTED A GRADUAL DESCENT.  THE HEADING WAS ESTABLISHED TO INTERCEPT A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 27, AND THE TOW PLANE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING IN THE LINE.  THE TWO AIRCRAFT WERE NOW ON A CONVERGING FLIGHT PATH, THE TOW PLANE AT 110 MPH AND THE GLIDER WITH THE TAILWIND APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH.  THE GLIDER SAW THE TOW PLANE COMING AT HER FROM THE LEFT AND IT APPEARED TO BE AT CO-ALTITUDE.  SHE PULLED AFT STICK AND FELT AN IMPACT, HER RIGHT WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TOW PLANE.  IT WAS A GLANCING BLOW.  THE TOW PLANE SAW A FLASH OF GLIDER AT IMPACT, BUT NEVER SAW THE GLIDER PRIOR TO IMPACT AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT DIRECTION THE FLASH CAME FROM.  THE AIRPLANES WERE AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 FT MSL/ 1500AGL, 1.5 MILES ON THE 255 RADIAL FROM THE KSYN STANTON AIRPORT.  BOTH EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT RETURN TO RWY 27 AT KSYN, GLIDER #1, TOW PLANE #2 IN SEQUENCE.  ADSB DATA FROM THE TOW PLANE WAS USED POST INTERVIEW PHASE TO CONFIRM AND HELP DETAIL THE RECOLLECTION FROM BOTH PILOTS.

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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