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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Dg-Flugzeugbau DG-500MB · Elsanor, AL · August 24, 2019

Date
August 24, 2019 · 05:13 local
Place
Elsanor, AL
Airport
Elsanor
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N165MB
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA19LA260
Reported as
Dg-Flugzeugbau DG-500MB
Reported engine
SOLO 2625 02
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
530 total2 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Glider on approach to landing overshot grass runway fifty feet into tree line at end of runway destroying aircraft. Pilot sustained serious injuries and the passenger received only minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

GLIDER ON APPROACH TO LANDING OVERSHOT GRASS RUNWAY FIFTY FEET INTO TREE LINE AT END OF RUNWAY DESTROYING AIRCRAFT. PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.