ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240113
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| Date: | Sunday 16 August 2020 |
| Time: | 14:54 UTC |
| Type: |  Aerotechnik L-13SEH Vivat |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N334BA |
| MSN: | 940517 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | William 'Tiny' Zehnder Field Airport (66G), Saginaw County, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Frankenmuth, MI (66G) |
| Frankenmuth, MI (66G) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that following a landing and back-taxi in a motor glider, he failed to stow the speed brake prior to attempting a subsequent takeoff. During the takeoff attempt, the glider would not climb out of ground effect. The motor glider departed the end of the runway and impacted terrain which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to stow the speed brake prior to attempting takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN20CA337
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2020 22:22 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 16-Aug-2020 22:39 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 16-Aug-2020 22:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2020 07:01 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport] |
| 17-Aug-2020 07:01 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 08-Sep-2020 12:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2021 18:50 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 25-Mar-2021 18:52 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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