# NTSB NYC87LA044: Centrair 101A, N40KG, Julian, PA, October 21, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1986, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Julian, PA
- Coordinates: 40.910598, -77.930984 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9106&lon=-77.9310&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30567
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30567/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA044

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

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 SECOND TIME. THE EMPENNAGE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE HARD LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N40KG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40KG-1991-06-19), registration cancelled 1991-06-19, S/N 101A0132 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Centrair 101A
- Registry model: [Centrair 101A](https://openairdocs.org/model/centrair-101a) (registry code 1990102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 101A0132
- Airframe hours: 200
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ridge Soaring, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1986
- Airport: runway 25, 3,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,565 total, 2 in this make and model, 2,307 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 61 °F

## 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 19861021087299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861021087299A), Oct 21, 1986: Cntrar 101ACENTR, Julian, PA, Substantial damage. Too high on approach. Used spoilers then became too low. Tried to stretch the glide and made hard stall landing.

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.

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