# Accident 19900602017969A: Grob G103TWNASTIR, Barre, MA, June 2, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1990, 12:15 local time
- Place: Barre, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4230° N, 72.1064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barre, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4230&lon=-72.1064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3836H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3836H-2006-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR (registry code 1660202, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-flugzeugbau-g103-twin-astir) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G103TWNASTIR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 925 total, 142 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900602017969A

## Narrative

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

TOW PLANE LOST POWER DURING GLIDE. TOW GLIDER RELEASED 200FT ALTITUDE CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC90LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA124), Jun 2, 1990: Burkhart Grob G103 (N3836H), Barre, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PREMATURE COMMANDED TOW RELEASE BY THE TOWPLANE PILOT OVER UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

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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