- Date
- August 8, 1984, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carefree, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3012Glasflugel H 301 B Libelle
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840808039169A
- Case key
- 24365
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Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy during takeoff and collided with a parked unoccupied Beech 35. According to the glider plt, the aero tow began normally. After about 50 ft of ground run his wing runner let go. The wings remained level for about another 50 ft then the rt wing dropped. The plt said he attempted to recover but the wing hit the ground. As the acft veered off the rwy the plt released the tow rope, opened the spoilers and applied the brakes. Before it stopped the acfthit the acft parked about 100 ft from the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3012
- Reported as
- Glasflugel H 301 B Libelle (H 301 B LI)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 94
- Airframe hours
- 903
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph G. Stiles
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1984
- Departed
- E18 · Carefree, AZ
- Airport
- E18 · Carefree, runway 6, 4,000 × 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 688 total · 184 in this make and model · 663 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 102 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3012 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.