- Date
- June 25, 1985, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N99169I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850625028269A
- Case key
- 21781
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident occurred during an glider launch. The tow acft was unable to gain alt, and turned back to the arpt to release the glider. The tow acft began to sink into the trees and was forced to release the glider beyond safe gliding distance to the rwy. The glider collided with trees within the arpt boundary. On landing, the eng of the tow acft was examined and a spark plug was found loose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99169
- Reported as
- I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2 (IS-28-B-2)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 42
- Airframe hours
- 391
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fault Line Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1985 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- T04 · Georgetown
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 4 in this make and model · 355 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.