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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grob G102ASTIR · Needles, CA · May 4, 1984

Date
May 4, 1984 · 14:56 local
Place
Needles, CA
Airport
Needles
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N426BG
Reported as
Grob G102ASTIR
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total200 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Encountered a strong downdraft off the end of the runway on takeoff in a motorized glilder. Was forced to land.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED A STRONG DOWNDRAFT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF IN A MOTORIZED GLILDER. WAS FORCED TO LAND.

Other reports on N426BG · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.