# NTSB ATL06CA055: Urban Air UFM-10, N107NK, Lancaster, SC, March 19, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 19, 2006, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC) - Place: Lancaster, SC - Coordinates: 34.61111, -80.449722 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6111&lon=-80.4497&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 28, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Columbia FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 63363 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA055 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63363/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA055 ## Probable cause The pilot's excessive climb angle during a go-around from a bounced landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent in-flight collision with trees. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - climb - excessive, pilot in command (cause) - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled - object - tree(s) ## Analysis According to the pilot, the powered glider bounced on landing. After the glider bounced a second time he decided to abort the landing and perform a go-around. He applied full engine power, but attempted too steep of a climb and stalled one wing which turned the glider toward some trees at the side of the runway. The glider failed to clear the trees substantially damaging the empennage, both wings and the propeller. The pilot further stated that there were no mechanical problems before the accident. ## Factual narrative On March 19, 2006, at 1115 eastern standard time, a Urban Air UFM-10, Powered Glider, N107NK, registered to Minsink Soaring Association, and operated by an individual as a 14 CFR Part 91, personal flight, collided with a tree during a go-around, at the Bermuda High Glider Field a private airstrip in Lancaster, South Carolina. The glider received substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Maryland, on March 19, 2006, at 0730. According to the pilot, the powered glider bounced on landing. After the glider bounced a second time he decided to abort the landing a do a go-around. He applied full engine power, but attempted too steep of a climb and stalled one wing which turned the glider toward some trees at the side of the runway. The glider failed to clear the trees substantially damaging the empennage, both wings and the propeller. The pilot further stated that there were no mechanical problems before the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N107NK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N107NK-2008-04-08), registration cancelled 2008-04-08, S/N 35/10, built 2003 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Urban Air UFM-10 - Registry model: [Urban Air UFM-10 SAMBA](https://openairdocs.org/model/urban-air-ufm-10-samba) (registry code 05615PJ) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax SEE BOMBADIER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (registry code 55555, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Glider - Serial number: 35/10 - Airframe hours: 257 - Engines: Rotax 912S 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Edward G. Keating - Registered owner: Minsink Soaring Association - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2005, 78 hours before - Departed: FDK, Frederick, MD - Destination: SC79, Lancaster, SC - Airport: SC79, Burmuda High Glider Airport, runway 3L, 4,000 × 200 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; last flight review May 1, 2004; seat: left; flight hours: 287 total, 77 in this make and model, 240 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.15 inHg - Observed at: EQY, 30 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20060319004819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060319004819A), Mar 19, 2006: Urbana UFM10SAMBA, Lancaster, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot attempted to land on runway 03 and bounced twice, after the second bounce the pilot induced power to abort the landing. The aircraft pitched up to… From the NTSB's public API. 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