Centrair 101C N991JB
12 May 2007 · Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 May 2007 at about 20:15 local time, a Centrair 101C registered N991JB was involved in an accident near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- White Sands Regional (ALM)
- Coordinates
- 32.8400, -105.9906
- Aircraft
- Centrair 101C
- Registration
- N991JB
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Alamogordo → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN07CA092
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inability to control the glider after encountering the downdraft causing the glider to land short of the dirt strip. Factors contributing to the accident were the downdraft and the runway marker.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was landing on a dirt strip that parallels the main runway. Surface winds were "light." Approximately 25 to 50 feet above the ground, the pilot encountered a "heavy sink" and realized he was probably going to touch down in a ditch perpendicular to the dirt strip. The glider touched down at the far end of the ditch. The right wing dropped and struck a runway marker causing substantial damage to glider. The glider spun around and came to a stop 120 to 150 feet from the marker.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Centrair 101 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 2014 | Centrair 101A | Nephi, Utah, United States | Bick Frederic A | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 2015 | Centrair 101A | Hartford, Wisconsin, United States | Theodore Clausing | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 May 1997 | Centrair 101C | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Sep 1991 | Centrair 101A | Groveland, Florida, United States | Seminole Flying & Soaring, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 16 Aug 2025 | Centrair 101A | Springfield, Vermont, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 25 Sep 1988 | Centrair 101 | Vacaville, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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