ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290943
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 2015 |
| Time: | 11:44 LT |
| Type: |  Centrair 101A |
| Owner/operator: | Theodore Clausing |
| Registration: | N39KG |
| MSN: | 101A0130 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2021 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hartford, Wisconsin -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hartford Municipal Airport, WI (KHXF) |
| Hartford Municipal Airport, WI (KHXF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that during the glider assembly process, he was distracted several times, and did not connect the elevator to the elevator control rod. He reported that during the takeoff, while being towed by an airplane, there was an "abnormal pitch up." The pilot wrote that he was "rolling left, pitching up, and losing sight of the tow plane" and that he released the tow line. The glider bounced off the ground, impacted a tree line, and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings.
Probable Cause: The glider pilot's failure to connect the elevator to the elevator control rod during the assembly process, resulting in a loss of control, and a collision with terrain during takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB GAA15CA177
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2022 07:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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