- Date
- June 12, 1993, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brownsboro, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12ZWAerotek Zuni
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930612017959A
- Case key
- 8741
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude which resulted in the collision with trees short of the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, while on final to runway 27, he allowed the glider to develop a high sink rate, and he was unable to arrest the sink rate before the glider collided with the tree line. No mechanical problems were reported with the glider.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12ZW
- Reported as
- Aerotek Zuni
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 12
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edgemon, George D.
- Registered owner
- Edgemon, George D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1992
- Departed
- 3M5
- Destination
- 3M5
- Airport
- 3M5 · Moontown Airport, runway 27, 2,200 × 160 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 5 in this make and model · 89 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 11 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HSV, 20 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.