# NTSB investigations: Centrair 101A

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA25LA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA303.md): Centrair 101A · Springfield, VT · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 16, 2025 · N99KG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to assemble the glider’s elevator control before takeoff.
- [NTSB GAA15CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA177.md): Centrair 101A · Hartford, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 3, 2015 · N39KG · Substantial damage
  > The glider pilot's failure to connect the elevator to the elevator control rod during the assembly process, resulting in a loss of control, and a collision with terrain during takeoff.
- [NTSB WPR14CA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA321.md): Centrair 101A · Nephi, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 4, 2014 · N643CA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to identify the proper landing surface which resulted in an off airstrip landing and collision with rough terrain.
- [NTSB MIA91LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA223.md): Centrair 101A · Groveland, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1991 · N93KG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot in command's poor in flight decision planning, and inadvertent stall mush while on approach to land. Contributing to the accident was his lack of total experience.
- [NTSB NYC87LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA044.md): Centrair 101A · Julian, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 21, 1986 · N40KG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot had decided to land following a 41 minute flt. The plt reported his airspeed was too fast during the landing apch and he over compensated which resulted in too slow of an airspeed. The glider touched down hard, became airborne and landed hard a…
- [NTSB MIA85LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA183.md): Centrair Pegase 101A · Jacksonville, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 1985 · N3TE · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that on initial climb, realizing he had no elevator control, released the tow rope than deployed the spoilers and collided with the ground. Post crash examination of the wreckage revealed the elvator cable was not connected.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1990102'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1990102

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