- Date
- May 28, 1983, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1017Glasflugel H-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528021509A
- Case key
- 20915
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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.
Analysis
The glider ground looped off the rwy after the wingtip contacted tall grass. The acft had gone to the right early in thetow but the plt thought the tow would straighten him out even after the wing dropped to the ground. When the right wing contacted tall grass & a bush, the acft yawed right and went into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1017
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H-301
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 41
- Airframe hours
- 262
- Engine
- None, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scott T. Jednacz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- E98 · Mid Valley, runway 17, 4,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 585 total · 21 in this make and model · 530 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.