- Date
- July 16, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Warren, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55WVSportavia-Putzer RF5B Sperber
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830716032999A
- Case key
- 35231
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The glider wing encountered high grass during landing in gusty wind. This was a motor glider and the landing was made to the right side of the rwy to allow room for the soaring club landing on a parallel grass strip to the left of the main rwy. During the approach a gust of wind raised the left wing of the motor glider and the right wing caught in some tall grass beside the rwy. The acft turned about 90 degrees and came to an abrupt stop. The wings and propeller were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55WV
- Reported as
- Sportavia-Putzer RF5B Sperber (RF5B SPERB)
- Category
- Glider
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Limbach 1700 CC, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Orth
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- RUT · Rutland, VT
- Destination
- OB7 · Warren, VT
- Airport
- OB7 · Warren/Sugarbush, runway 4, 2,650 × 30 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total · 101 in this make and model · 1,548 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.