# Accident 20070512020199A: Cntrar 101CCENTR, Alamogordo, NM, May 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2007, 14:15 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo-White Sands Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8400° N, 105.9906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8400&lon=-105.9906&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 101CCENTR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 12 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512020199A

## Narrative

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

(-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. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT INJURED. DAYTIME VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## 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 DEN07CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA092), May 12, 2007: Centrair 101C (N991JB), Alamogordo, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to control the glider after encountering the downdraft causing the glider to land short of the dirt strip. Factors contributing to the accident were the downdraft and the runway…

## Other reports on N991JB (1)

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

- [Accident 19970525012909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970525012909A), May 25, 1997: Cntrar 101ACENTR (N991JB), Santa Fe, NM, Substantial damage. Struck guardrail landing on a highway. Lost thermals on crosscountry. Tried for alternate. Landed on I25 instead. (-23) glider departed moriarty airport at 130…

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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