NTSB MIA01LA038 — 2000-12-09 · CLERMONT, Florida, United States

Current FAA registration · N36WW

Make / Model: BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU G102 ASTIR CS
Year of manufacture: 1976 · 24 years old at event
Engine: NONE NONE
Seats / Engines: 1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19770621
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A40BFC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N36WW Grob G102 None

Probable cause & findings

The pilot's premature extension of the speed brakes on landing resulting in the glider colliding with trees short of the runway.

Factual narrative

On December 9, 2000, at about 1555 eastern standard time, a Grob G102, registered to Seminole Flying & Soaring Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal crashed short of Seminole Lake Gliderport (6FLO), Clermont, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The glider sustained substantial damage. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from 6FLO about 1 hour before the accident. The pilot stated he was on approach for landing at 6FLO. He deployed the airbrakes too early and the glider collided with trees short of the runway. The pilot was on approach for landing and prematurely deployed the speed brakes resulting in the glider descending short of the runway and colliding with trees. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2000_MIA01LA038.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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