ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65347
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| Date: | Saturday 29 October 2005 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  Glaser-Dirks DG-300 Elan |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N30AS |
| MSN: | 3E14 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1133 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | California City, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | California City, CA (L71) |
| California City, CA (L71) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot intentionally ground looped the glider and struck a berm after overshooting the desired touchdown point on the landing runway. The pilot was performing a high parasite drag maneuver on landing. On approach he realized that he would overshoot the first half of the runway and chose to land on the second half. The pilot reached for the spoiler handle, but by mistake pulled the gear handle instead and inadvertently retracted the gear. The glider touched down on the runway at approximately 70 knots. The pilot feared he would strike a berm at the end of the runway head on and intentionally ground looped the glider, striking the berm at a 90-degree angle to the left. The glider was destroyed, and the pilot received minor injuries.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertent retraction of the gear and failure to deploy the spoilers, and his subsequent failure to attain a proper touchdown point.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20051128X01896&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 July 2010 | N30AS | Warren P Evans | 1 | Morgan Airfield - 7U4, UT | |
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| Loss of control | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2009 10:15 | David Colclasure | Added |
| 23-Sep-2011 08:37 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Dec-2017 11:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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