# Accident 20251219018739A: Starley Glynn RS-3, Llano, TX, December 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2025, 08:30 local time
- Place: Llano, TX
- Airport: Llano Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5572° N, 98.7871° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5572&lon=-98.7871&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3012G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3012G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Starley Glynn RS-3 (registry code 05613I2, https://openairdocs.org/model/starley-glynn-rs-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STARLEY GLYNN RS-3
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,282 total, 285 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251219018739A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 19, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 LOCAL TIME, A STARLEY GLYNN RS-3 AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE CONDUCTING A LOW-ALTITUDE PASS OVER A WIDE, STRAIGHT SECTION OF A CREEK BED. DURING THE MANEUVER, THE AIRCRAFT’S LANDING GEAR STRUCK A CABLE SPANNING THE CREEK BED. FOLLOWING THE CABLE STRIKE, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED, RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN26LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA070), Dec 19, 2025: Glynn RS-3 (N3012G), Crabapple, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a fence cable guy-line during low-level maneuvering over a river.

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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