Remos Acft GMBH Flugzeugbau REMOS GX accident near Sacramento, California, November 4, 2012
On November 4, 2012 at about 9:00 pm local time, a Remos Acft GMBH Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, registered N110GX, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (flare/touchdown) near Sacramento, California (Sacramento Executive airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 4, 2012 · about 9:00 pm local time · cases in 2012
- Place
- Sacramento, California · Sacramento Executive · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Remos Acft GMBH Flugzeugbau REMOS GX · all REMOS GXs on the register
- Registration
- N110GX · no longer on the register · serial 295
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The operator reported that the student pilot was conducting a series of touch-and-go landings in the airport traffic pattern. During the first landing, the airplane landed hard and bounced. The student pilot aborted the landing, performed a second touch-and-go landing, and noticed that it did not feel right. The student pilot landed a third time uneventfully. An inspection of the airplane by the operator revealed an approximate 22-inch tear in the composite fuselage structure extending forward from the landing gear attach point. The operator reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Hard landing during landing (flare/touchdown) defining event
The NTSB's findings
- cause Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Student pilot
- cause Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Landing flare › Incorrect use/operation
- Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge › Experience/qualifications › Total experience w/ equipment › Student pilot
Dual student
- Certificate: student
- Flight time: 70 hours in all; 40 in this make and model; 7 in the last 90 days; 4 in the last 30 days
- Medical certificate: Sport Pilot
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 965 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, August 3, 2012; 97 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,320 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Rotax 912ULS (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Greg Thomas Group INC
The flight
- Departed from: SAC Sacramento CA at 8:45 pm
- Destination: SAC Sacramento CA
- Flight plan: not recorded
- Runway 20, 5,503 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 72°F (22°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter: 30.17 inHg
- Observation at 8:53 pm from SAC
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
1 document, released by the NTSB on December 14, 2012. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 9 pages | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
Other NTSB records under N110GX the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N110GX: not on the register today · the record of its deregistration
- Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX 50 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Engine: Rotax 912ULS 62 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Sacramento Executive · nearest airport
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,096 in the last ten years
- California 28,112 aircraft registered
- Other NTSB records under N110GX 1 records · the number may have belonged to another aircraft at the time
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/WPR13CA046.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
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