NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW83LA255
Registry · N1017
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GLASFLUGEL H 301 LIBELLE
Year of manufacture
1967 · 16 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690422
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00BB8
Registrant of record
JEDNACZ SCOTT T
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE GLIDER GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RWY AFTER THE WINGTIP CONTACTED TALL GRASS. THE ACFT HAD GONE TO THE RIGHT EARLY IN THETOW BUT THE PLT THOUGHT THE TOW WOULD STRAIGHTEN HIM OUT EVEN AFTER THE WING DROPPED TO THE GROUND. WHEN THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED TALL GRASS & A BUSH, THE ACFT YAWED RIGHT AND WENT INTO A DITCH. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1983_FTW83LA255.txt.
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