19970525012909A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cntrar 101ACENTR · Santa Fe, NM · May 25, 1997

Date: May 25, 1997 · 14:00 local
Place: Santa Fe, NM
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N991JB
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW97LA201
Reported as: Cntrar 101ACENTR
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 323 total200 in this make and model

N991JBRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Centrair 101CS/N 101901 · Built 1983 Airframe modelCentrair 101C Engine modelNONENone

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck guardrail landing on a highway. Lost thermals on crosscountry. Tried for alternate. Landed on I25 instead. (-23) glider departed moriarty airport at 130 on 05/25/97 for local flight. While in pecos valley glider lost thermals, cloud base & lift. Could not maintain altitude and landed on interstate highway 25 south of Santa Fe, NM. Pilot tried to make it back to moriarty and then Santa Fe airport for landing but could not sustain lift. During landing glider struck a guard rail & shattered the canopy before coming to a stop. 1 pilot aboard, no injuries. Substantial damage to gliders fuselage, canopy & left wing, & empennage.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK GUARDRAIL LANDING ON A HIGHWAY. LOST THERMALS ON CROSSCOUNTRY. TRIED FOR ALTERNATE. LANDED ON I25 INSTEAD. (-23) GLIDER DEPARTED MORIARTY AIRPORT AT 130 ON 05/25/97 FOR LOCAL FLIGHT. WHILE IN PECOS VALLEY GLIDER LOST THERMALS, CLOUD BASE & LIFT. COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND LANDED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH OF SANTA FE, NM. PILOT TRIED TO MAKE IT BACK TO MORIARTY AND THEN SANTA FE AIRPORT FOR LANDING BUT COULD NOT SUSTAIN LIFT. DURING LANDING GLIDER STRUCK A GUARD RAIL & SHATTERED THE CANOPY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. 1 PILOT ABOARD, NO INJURIES. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO GLIDERS FUSELAGE, CANOPY & LEFT WING, & EMPENNAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW97LA201Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSanta Fe, NMthe pilot's improper planning/decison. Factors relating to the accident were: lack of thermal lift, which resulted in an off-airport landing, and the lack of suitable terrain for the landing.May 25, 1997 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N991JB · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20070512020199ALevel Off Touchdown · Alamogordo, NM(-23) On 05/12/07 approximately 2:15 pm, MST, a centrair 101C (N991JB) registered to and operated by the pilot [privacy data omitted] sustained substantial damage during landing on a dirt glider strip at the White Sands regional airport (alm), Alamogordo, NM.…May 12, 2007 · Substantial damage