Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO N103SH

Summary

On 20 February 2012 at about 18:05 local time, a Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO registered N103SH, operated by Hana Hou Air LLC, was involved in an accident near Dillingham, Hawaii, 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.

Date

20 February 2012 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Dillingham, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Dillingham Airport (PHDH)

Coordinates

21.5736, -158.1914

Aircraft

Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO

Registration

N103SH

Category

Glider

Operator

Hana Hou Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dillingham → Dillingham

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR12CA134

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing sequence, the student pilot pushed the control stick of the glider forward just before touchdown. This action resulted in the glider landing hard and bouncing about one foot back into the air. The student pilot then forced the glider onto the runway a second time, after which it bounced about five feet back into the air. In trying to recover from the second bounce, the student pilot forced the glider onto the runway a third time. When the glider again bounced back into the air, it pitched up to a degree such that the aft end of the fuselage contacted the asphalt runway. The student pilot then leveled the glider and allowed it to descend to the runway surface in a near level attitude. Both the composite tail boom and the composite vertical fin were cracked.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.