Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II N8013K
23 August 1999 · Llano, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 August 1999 at about 22:10 local time, a Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II registered N8013K, operated by Great Western Soaring School, was involved in an accident near Llano, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Llano, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Crystal Gliderport (L01)
- Coordinates
- 34.4901, -117.7706
- Aircraft
- Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II
- Registration
- N8013K
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Great Western Soaring School
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX99LA285
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's encounter with a sudden and violent dust devil, which caused the student pilot to lose control of the aircraft during the landing flare/touchdown.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
As the student pilot began his landing flare approximately 10 feet above the runway surface, he observed a dust devil move onto the runway directly in front of him. He applied down elevator control but the glider ascended about 50 feet above the ground into the dust devil. The glider stalled and landed hard on the runway, then ground looped. Ground witnesses observed a 'large and violent dust devil' touching down on the runway in the path of the landing glider just as it was in the landing flare.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Burkhart Grob G-103 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 1998 | Burkhart Grob G-103 | Cordele, Georgia, United States | Panos Kanes | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 1997 | Burkhart Grob G-103-TWIN II | Jacumba, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Jul 2001 | Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II | Ionia, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Mar 1997 | Burkhart Grob G-103-TWIN II | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | Mark C. Baur | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2001 | Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II | Minden, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Dec 1994 | Burkhart Grob G-103 | Tehachapi, California, United States | Skylark North | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 1999 | Rhea KR-2 | Moreno Valley, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1999 | Cessna 172A | Shoshone, California, United States | Charles R. Christman | No injuries | - |
| 9 Sep 1999 | Piper PA-22-150 | Strathmore, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Sep 1999 | Cessna 172N | San Jose, California, United States | Concord Flight Intl, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 1999 | Schweizer 269C-1 | Concord, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Sep 1999 | Robinson R-22 | Azusa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |