ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65147
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 May 2007 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Schweizer SGS 2-33A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N65804 |
| MSN: | 327 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Castroville, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Castroville, TX (T89) |
| Castroville, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider's flight instructor elected to abort the takeoff tow after he was unable to maintain directional control of the glider due to the excessive drag created by the tall grass on the left side of the runway. The flight instructor was unable to compensate for the dragging wing and released the tow rope. The glider sustained structural damage upon impact with a cornfield.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's inability to maintain directional control due to the drag created by the tall grass adjacent to the runway. A contributing factor was the tall grass.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20070724X01008&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2009 11:19 | DColclasure | Added |
| 23-May-2009 11:27 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Jul-2009 10:58 | DColclasure | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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