- Date
- September 18, 2005, 21:15 local (Sep 19, 2005, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Moriarty, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N734KSchleicher ASW-20B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050918026109A
- Case key
- 62557
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain control of the glider during the takeoff roll which resulted in a ground loop.
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
While being towed during the takeoff roll, the glider's right wing contacted terrain approximately 20 yards down the runway. The pilot applied full left aileron and left rudder with no effect. The right wing then contacted terrain and "caused a ground loop."
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N734K
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-20B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20624
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel Telford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 0E0 · Moriarty, NM
- Destination
- 0E0 · Moriarty, NM
- Airport
- 0E0 · Moriarty, runway 27
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
- 71
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 2,445 total · 162 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.