20251101020179I

Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Bruns Gary D GLASTAR · Towanda, PA · November 1, 2025

Date
November 1, 2025 · 17:37 local
Place
Towanda, PA
Airport
Bradford County
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1579T
Reported as
Bruns Gary D Glastar
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
21 total

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.

Airman was performing high speed taxis for the purpose of testing onboard avionics equipment. There was no intention of flight by the airman, on the second high speed taxi the airman lost control of the aircraft resulting in total destruction of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS PERFORMING HIGH SPEED TAXIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TESTING ONBOARD AVIONICS EQUIPMENT. THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT BY THE AIRMAN, ON THE SECOND HIGH SPEED TAXI THE AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.