# NTSB NYC83LA133: DG 400, N430LT, Morrisville, VT, June 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 5, 1983, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Morrisville, VT
- Location: 44.5344° N, 72.6140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISVILLE-STOWE STATE (MVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5344&lon=-72.6140&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35195
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35195/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA133

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N430LT-2015-03-12), registration cancelled 2015-03-12, S/N 4-32 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DG 400
- Registry model: [Glaser-Dirks DG-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/glaser-dirks-dg-400) (registry code 3802510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 4-32
- Airframe hours: 10
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830605022699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830605022699A), Jun 5, 1983: Amtr DG400, Morrisville, VT, Substantial damage. Motorized glider crashed through fence when wing caught in vegatation off side of runway during takeoff.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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