- Date
- December 9, 1990, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Warrensburg, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N26LPLaister LP-49
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901209059279A
- Case key
- 14969
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Probable cause
Failure to maintain directional control by the pilot. Factors related to the accident are lack of total experience in type aircraft, and type of operation.
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.
Analysis
Student pilot on observed solo in glider had difficulty maintaining directional control during takeoff tow before becoming airborne, and released towline. Glider departed right side of runway and hit another glider parked alongside the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26LP
- Reported as
- Laister LP-49
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 26
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Missouri St. Univ.
- Airport
- 9K4 · Skyhaven
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 850 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVW, 33 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.