- Date
- July 10, 1983, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfort, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N37ACFlug-Und Fahrzeugwerke Diamant
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830710037129A
- Case key
- 12263
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high vegetationFactor
Proper alignment - not attainedCause
Analysis
The plt reported that during a winch tow takeoff the right wing caught in tall grass & soft sand, & the glider ground-looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37AC
- Reported as
- Flug-Und Fahrzeugwerke Diamant
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 049
- Airframe hours
- 550
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kent L. Uhley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1982
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3D4 · Frankfort, runway 14, 2,750 × 50 ft, asphalt
N37ACRegistration cancelled Nov 9, 2012 · Flug & Fahrzeugwerke FFA HBV-DIAMANT 16.5Airframe modelFlug & Fahrzeugwerke FFA HBV-DIAMANT 16.5Engine modelNONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 550 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.