- Date
- June 5, 1983, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Morrisville, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N430LTDG 400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605022699A
- Case key
- 35195
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The motorized glider was taxiing when the left wing tip caught in high grass and the acft veered to the left and penetrated a barbed wire fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N430LT
- Reported as
- DG 400
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 4-32
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Rotax, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerrol A. Gates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- BTV
- Airport
- MVL · Morrisville, runway 19, 2,700 × 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
- 42
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 10 in this make and model · 390 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.