Ellenberger/Werner Glasair I TD accident near Minden, NV
On February 13, 2002, an Ellenberger/Werner Glasair I TD (airplane) was involved in an accident near Minden, NV. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 13, 2002
- Place
- Minden, NV
- Aircraft
- Ellenberger/Werner Glasair I TD · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.010°N, 119.749°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020219X00227
Official records · LAX02LA085
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On February 12, 2002, about 1630 Pacific standard time, an experimental Ellenberger Glasair I TD, N777WE, impacted terrain in a pasture 6 miles south of Minden, Nevada. The certificated private pilot and one passenger were fatally injured and the amateur-built airplane was destroyed. The local area personal flight was operated by Mansberger Aircraft, Inc., under 14 CFR Part 91, and departed from the Minden-Tahoe airport about 1600. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. According to the operator, the pilot departed Minden about 1600 and told him his intent was to practice stalls. When he did not return that evening an Alert Notice (ALNOT) was issued. The owner of the property where the accident occurred saw an unidentified object in his pasture the following morning (February 13, 2002); however, he had other pressing business and didn't return to identify the wreckage until the afternoon of that day. An inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration responded to the scene. He reported the accident site was in an open pasture, and that the entire airplane was present in the immediate area of the wreckage with no appreciable wreckage distribution. There was no fire. The forward 1/2 of the engine was buried in the soil at a 30- to 45-degree angle. The composite airframe was extensively fractured; however, flight control continuity was established to the cockpit. The left and right wing leading edges exhibited crushing damage aft to the wing spar and there was an impact mark on the surface of the dirt immediately in front of the wing of siz
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in the airplane entering a flat spin from which the pilot did not recover.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
