# Accident 19970525012909A: Cntrar 101ACENTR, Santa Fe, NM, May 25, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6870&lon=-105.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N991JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N991JB-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Centrair 101C (registry code 1990105, https://openairdocs.org/model/centrair-101c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNTRAR 101ACENTR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 323 total, 200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970525012909A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 FTW97LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA201), May 25, 1997: Centrair 101C (N991JB), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the 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.

## Other reports on N991JB (1)

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

- [Accident 20070512020199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512020199A), May 12, 2007: Cntrar 101CCENTR (N991JB), Alamogordo, NM, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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