Elan Flight Ltd. DG-500 ELAN TRAINER — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 18, 2026
There is 1 Elan Flight Ltd. DG-500 ELAN TRAINER airframe on record (built 1994–1994), 0 currently registered. 1 has one or more NTSB accident records (1 records total). Data as of Jul 18, 2026.
1
Airframes
0
Registered
1994–1994
Years
1
NTSB records
Recent Elan Flight Ltd. DG-500 ELAN TRAINER accidents
The pilots’ exceedance of the glider’s never-exceed speed (VNE) during recovery from an intentional aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in a failure of the right-wing air brake control drive, asymmetrical air brake deployment, and a subsequent hard landing.