# Accident 19951021033579A: Glasfl MOSQUITO, Dunlap, TN, October 21, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1995, 17:10 local time
- Place: Dunlap, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3699° N, 85.3806° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3699&lon=-85.3806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N237B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N237B-1997-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glasflugel MOSQUITO (registry code 3800350, https://openairdocs.org/model/glasflugel-mosquito) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASFL MOSQUITO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 771 total, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951021033579A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STALLED GLIDER WHILE SOARING ALONG A RIDGE. ENTERED SPIN. DID NOT RECOVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA96LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA012), Oct 21, 1995: Glasflugel Mosquito (N237B), Dunlap, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed resulting in a spin at an altitude insufficient for recovery.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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