- Date
- August 25, 2010, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N31TSSchleicher ASW-20
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20100825045519A
- Case key
- 77125
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of aircraft control during the tow for takeoff.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The glider pilot reported that the glider's right wing dropped and the glider ground looped as it was being towed for takeoff. The tow was released and the glider sustained substantial damage when it struck a pole on the side of the runway.
Factual narrative
The glider pilot reported that the glider's right wing dropped and the glider ground looped as it was being towed for takeoff. The tow was released and the glider sustained substantial damage when it struck a pole on the side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31TS
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-20
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20598
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael L. Hutchison
- Registered owner
- Ventus Holdings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2010
- Departed
- 2OH9 · Waynesville, OH
- Destination
- 2OH9 · Waynesville, OH
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 2OH9 · Caesar Creek Gliderport, runway 27, 2,800 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 21, 2008
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 19 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- MGY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.