# NTSB WPR25LA068: Remos Remos G-3/600, N191DY, Brawley, CA, December 22, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: December 21, 2024, 16:10 local (Dec 22, 2024, 00:10 UTC) - Place: Brawley, CA - Coordinates: 32.985196, -115.52824 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9852&lon=-115.5282&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 199462 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA068 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199462/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199462 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA068 ## Probable cause The flight instructor’s lack of remedial action to the student pilot’s inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and a loss of directional control. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: wind sock](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022030): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022030/cases.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Remos REMOS G-3/600, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=0600027), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot stated that the purpose of the flight was to gain familiarity with the airplane under the supervision of a flight instructor. Following departure, they performed serval touch-and-go takeoffs and landings at a nearby airport before returning back to the departure airport. After configuring the airplane for landing and maintaining a stabilized approach, the student pilot prepared for the landing flare. As the airplane crossed over the runway threshold, the airplane suddenly descended and impacted the runway surface hard. The airplane became airborne and veered to the left of the runway centerline. The airplane continued off the runway and impacted a taxiway marker and the windsock pole resulting in it spinning 180° before coming to rest. As a result of the impact the airplane incurred substantial damage to the left wing. The student pilot reported no preimpact mechanical anomalies or malfunctions that could have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N191DY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N191DY), registered now, S/N 191 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: REMOS AIRCRAFT GMBH REMOS G-3/600 - Registry model: [Remos REMOS G-3/600](https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-remos-g-3-600) (registry code 0600027) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 191 - Airframe hours: 480 - Engines: Rotax MML-912 100 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 15, 2024, 2 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: BWC, Brawley Muni, runway 08/26, 4,166 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 90 total, 2 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command - Pilot-rated passenger; age 88; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 23, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 20,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 20 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 300° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.03 inHg - Observed at: KIPL, 9 nm away - METAR: KIPL 220053Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T01890139 ## 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 20241221021969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241221021969A), Dec 21, 2024: Remos Aircraft Gmbh REMOS G-3/600, Brawley, CA, Substantial damage. On December 21, 2024, at approximately 1610 PDT a light sport aircraft (LSA) on an instructional flight landed short of runway 26 at Brawley Municipal Airport… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199462. 3.6 MB in all. - Photo (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 186 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18947366&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Z-%20Attachment%2002%20-Photos-Rel.pdf - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 2, PDF, 10 pages, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18953761&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N191DY_Redacted-Rel.pdf 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. 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