# Accident 20190714022899A: Biuro Projektowe B Bogumil Ber SZD-56-2 DIANA-2, Reno, NV, July 14, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Air Sailing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8681° N, 119.7103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8681&lon=-119.7103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821W-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Biuro Projektowe B Bogumil Ber SZD-56-2 DIANA-2 (registry code 05621GF, https://openairdocs.org/model/biuro-projektowe-b-bogumil-ber-szd-56-2-diana-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BIURO PROJEKTOWE B BOGUMIL BER SZD-56-2 DIANA-2
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 278 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA447) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714022899A

## Narrative

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

DUE TO WIND CONDITIONS, THE PILOT ELECTED TO DEPART RUNWAY 21, A SHORT 1000 FT BY 20 FT PAVED STRIP.  THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS TAKEOFF ROLL, THE GLIDER WEATHERVANED INTO THE WIND, WHICH TOOK HIM OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DIRT.  THE GLIDER WAS LOADED TO A MAX GROSS WEIGHT OF 1100 LBS, SO ACCELERATION WAS HINDERED.  AFTER LIFTING OFF, THE TOW PLANE WAS CLIMBING OUT; HOWEVER, THE GLIDER WAS ABLE TO GAIN MORE THAN 10-15 FEET OF HEIGHT ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND WAS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE GLIDER BEGAN TO SETTLED AND CONTACTED THE SAGE BRUSH CAUSING THE GLIDER TO CARTWHEEL WHILE STILL IN TOW.  THE TOW ROPE BROKE AND THE GLIDER CAME TO REST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE THICK SAGEBRUSH.

## 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 GAA19CA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA447), Jul 14, 2019: Biuro Projektowe B Bogumil Ber SZD-56-2 (N821W), Sparks, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to abort the takeoff in a timely manner, which resulted in glider settling into sage brush.

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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