Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO N858BG

Summary

On 17 July 2004 at about 19:30 local time, a Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO registered N858BG, operated by Southwest Soaring, Inc., was involved in an accident near Caddo Mills, Texas, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

17 July 2004 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Caddo Mills, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Caddo Mills Municipal Airpo (7F3)

Coordinates

33.0361, -96.2431

Aircraft

Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO

Registration

N858BG

Category

Glider

Operator

Southwest Soaring, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Caddo Mills → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW04LA190

Nobody was injured.

The other pilot's inability to maintain directional control during landing roll as a result of the failure of the landing gear.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor that was preparing the glider for flight reported that the glider had been positioned on the right side of the runway 31 (a 4,000-foot long and 150-foot wide concrete runway) waiting for the tow-plane to land and line up in front for the scheduled soaring flight. While standing, the flight instructor heard someone shout, and he looked up and the tow plane that had just landed on the left side of the runway, veering straight for the glider. Subsequently, the tow plane collided with the glider. The pilot of the tow plane reported that during the landing roll, he began a slight turn to the right to position the tow plane in front of the glider and the airplane veered to the left and to the right and collided with the glider. Examination of the tow plane revealed that the left main landing strut fractured due to fatigue, causing the main wheel assembly to separate from the steel landing gear strut.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.