# Accident 20120615015959A: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, Westminster, MD, June 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2012, 10:15 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Carroll Couny Regional  Airpor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6086° N, 77.0075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6086&lon=-77.0075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206GX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206GX-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX (registry code 060006H, https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-acft-gmbh-flugzeugbau-remos-gx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMOS ACFT GMBH FLUGZEUGBAU REMOS GX
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA395) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120615015959A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF ELEVATOR SYSTEM. TRIED TO LAND AT W54 (DMW) AND LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 16. AIRCRAFT DOVE INTO GROUND 40 FT BEFORE RUNWAY AND DISINTEGRATED ON IMPACT.

## 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 ERA12FA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA395), Jun 15, 2012: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau Remos GX (N206GX), Westminster, MD, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which failed to ensure that the elevator quick-fastener was properly secured, resulting in an inflight elevator control disconnect and subsequent loss of…

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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