# N5448G: Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II, registration cancelled 2014-01-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 24, 2014
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II](https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-103-twin-ii) (registry code 1660203)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G39EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G39EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 3868-K-109
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Certificate issued: May 27, 2005
- Last registry action: March 22, 2013
- Mode S code: A6EA3F
- Owner when cancelled: [Philadelphia Glider Council Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PHILADELPHIA%20GLIDER%20COUNCIL%20INC)
- Location: [Hilltown, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Hilltown)
- Physical address: [Perkasie, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Perkasie)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 40.3243° N, 75.2409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 18927, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5448G
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5448G
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5448G-2014-01-24

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II: https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-103-twin-ii.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA12LA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA455), Jul 13, 2012: Burkhart Grob G 103 Twin II (N5448G), Hilltown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper decision of the flight instructor receiving instruction to attempt a course reversal rather than land straight ahead following a simulated low-level rope break, and the inadequate…
- [NTSB ATL98LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA079), May 24, 1998: Burkhart Grob G-103 (N5448G), Cordele, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper descent rate that led to a hard landing and porpoise, and his improper recovery from the ensuing bounced landing, resulting in the eventual separation of the empennage. A factor…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20120713018679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120713018679A), Jul 13, 2012: Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II (N5448G), Perkasie, PA, Destroyed. On 7/13/2012 (1530 local) a glider, grobe 103 (N5448G) crashed at Philadelphia Glider Council (0PA0) shortly after take off. This was a training flight. They…
- [Accident 19980524010699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980524010699A), May 24, 1998: Grob G103ATWIN2 (N5448G), Cordele, GA, Substantial damage. Glider made a hard landing and broke the fuselage in front of the tail, Cordele, GA. (.4)according to the pilot, he was flaring above the runway when the…

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