Aviation accident ERA18LA034

Name: aviation accident: AERO COMMANDER 112 near Westminister (2017-11-29)
Start: 2017-11-29
Location: Westminister, MD, USA

NONE · AERO COMMANDER 112 · 2017-11-29 · Westminister, MD, USA

Event

NTSB number: ERA18LA034
Event ID: 20171129X21403
Type: Accident
Date: 2017-11-29
Location: Westminister, MD, USA
Coordinates: 39.466945, -77.017501

Injuries

Highest injury: NONE
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 1
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: AERO COMMANDER
Model: 112
Registration: N690RU
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath during the approach due to his distraction by the failure of an avionics panel, which resulted in a runway undershoot.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown