NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL85LA267
Registry · N5DB
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SAILPLANE HP-14
Year of manufacture
1973 · 12 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19791004
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6358B
Registrant of record
SEBASTIAN DONALD K
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
PLT REPORTED THAT SAILPLANE WAS POSITIONED FOR A TOW IN TALL GRASS BESIDE THE RWY. HE SAID THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF THE LEFT WING WAS SLOWED BY THE TALL GRASS ALLOWING THE RIGHT WING TO ACCELERATE. THE SAILPLANE YAWED LEFT AND ROLLED LEFT UNTIL 90 DEGREES TO FLIGHT PATH. TOW ROPE DETACHED FROM TOW RING ON GLIDER. GLIDER PITCHED DOWN AND CONTACTED GROUND. FUSELAGE WAS BENT AS GLIDER SLID SIDEWAYS TO A STOP. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1985_ATL85LA267.txt.
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