# Accident 19880402007389A: Grob G103TWNASTIR, Boulder, CO, April 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1988, 12:35 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0244° N, 105.2513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulder, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0244&lon=-105.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N788G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N788G-1991-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO (registry code 1660206, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-103a-twin-ii-acro) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G103TWNASTIR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 663 total, 111 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880402007389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT IN RIGHT BANK WHEN IT CLIPPED TOP OF SMALL TREE IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. CRASHED IN A CANYON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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 DEN88FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA089), Apr 2, 1988: Burkhart Grob G103A (N788G), Boulder, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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