NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA01LA038
Registry · N36WW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
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
Registrant of record
MAHONY JOHN P
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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.
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