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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grob G102ASTIR · Llano, CA · December 6, 1987

Date
December 6, 1987 · 15:30 local
Place
Llano, CA
Airport
Crystal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N853BG
Reported as
Grob G102ASTIR
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total25 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Glider struck powerlines on approach to airport. Damage to canopy and spoilers. Landed on runway ok.

As the FAA filed it

GLIDER STRUCK POWERLINES ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. DAMAGE TO CANOPY AND SPOILERS. LANDED ON RUNWAY OK.