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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Glaeser Thomas L NIEUPORT 11 · Gardner, KS · June 16, 2016

Date
June 16, 2016 · 20:40 local
Place
Gardner, KS
Airport
Gardner Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N124TG
Reported as
Glaeser Thomas L Nieuport 11
Reported engine
Volkswagen CONVERSION
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
338 total7 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot reported vibration from the horizontal stabilizer. During an attemp to land the aircraft, the pilot lost airspeed, lift, and altitude. Aircraft stalled and dropped straight down to the ground from approximately 20-30 feet.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED VIBRATION FROM THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. DURING AN ATTEMP TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT LOST AIRSPEED, LIFT, AND ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND DROPPED STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY 20-30 FEET.