# NTSB Accident CEN17LA274
> **Endler Glasair/Glasair 1-TD SH2** · 2017-07-15 · Colorado Springs, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN17LA274
- **Event ID:** 20170719X90401
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-07-15
- **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.945835, -104.569999
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Endler Glasair/Glasair 1-TD
- **Model:** SH2
- **Registration:** N181AL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to lock the castering tailwheel in accordance with the airplane Owner's Manual and a checklist item and to abort the takeoff after the airplane exceeded its normal takeoff distance and/or reached the limit of the rudder control authority during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a subsequent runway excursion and impact with a light.

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