- Date
- June 2, 1985, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3TECentrair Pegase 101A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850602067559A
- Case key
- 31407
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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
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3TE
- Reported as
- Centrair Pegase 101A (PEGASE 101)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 198
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Elmore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 23J · Hurlong
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 4 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 15 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.