- Date
- July 18, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Haskell, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1342Schleicher KA6E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920718031309A
- Case key
- 18534
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the wing runners failure to keep the right wing up.
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
During an air tow takeoff the right wing runner was unable to keep up with the glider and let go of the wing. The right wing dropped and the glider veered right off of the runway and struck a bale of hay, damaging the right wing. The pilot released the tow after the collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1342
- Reported as
- Schleicher KA6E
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 4135
- Airframe hours
- 565
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harris, Gerald R.
- Registered owner
- Harris, Gerald R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 9, 1992
- Airport
- 0OK7 · Haskell Muni
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,325 total · 19 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.