Elan/Glaser Dirks DG-300 N300HX

Summary

On 16 October 2005 at about 20:30 local time, a Elan/Glaser Dirks DG-300 registered N300HX was involved in an accident near Brownsboro, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 October 2005 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brownsboro, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Brownsboro (3M5)

Coordinates

34.7417, -86.4567

Aircraft

Elan/Glaser Dirks DG-300

Registration

N300HX

Category

Glider

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brownsboro → Brownsboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL06LA008

1 person died.

The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude on final approach which resulted in an undershoot of the runway, and an in-flight collision with a embankment. A factor was the dirt bank/rising terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the glider was making an approach to runway 27 when he misjudged the distance and collided with an road embankment 300-feet short of the runway threshold. Post-accident examination of the accident site revealed the glider slid over a road embankment perpendicular to the runway approach threshold and came to rest on the other side of the road. The fuselage of the glider was buckled.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.