# Accident 19930904051649A: Amtrkb TWINSTAR, New Douglas, IL, September 4, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1993, 11:30 local time
- Place: New Douglas, IL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9705° N, 89.6593° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9705&lon=-89.6593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N153SS-2011-05-17) (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: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRKB TWINSTAR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,679 total, 100 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI93LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA353) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930904051649A

## Narrative

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

APPARENT CABLE BREAK ON AERIAL TOW. TRIED RECOVER BUT HIT GROUND NOSE DOWN. DOUBLE RING ON GLIDER ATTACH SEPARATED. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1993, AT 1130 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A GROB G-103, N153SS, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN A HARD LANDING FOLLOWING A CABLE BREAK DURING A WINCH LAUNCH AT THE SILVERCREEK GLIDERPORT, NEW DOUGLAS, ILLINOIS.  NEITHER THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, NOR THE STUDENT PILOT WERE INJURED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. (.4) THE DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL GLIDER FLIGHT WAS BEING WINCH LAUNCHED.  THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THERE WAS AN APPARENT CABLE BREAK, WHEN THE GLIDER WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AGL.  THE STUDENT PILOT INITIALLY LOWERED THE NOSE, THEN RETURNED TO A CLIMB ATTITUDE.  THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE GLIDER, AND INITIATED A LANDING.  THE LANDING WAS HARD AND THE GLIDER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE DOUBLE RING ON THE GLIDER TOW ATTACHMENT POINT WAS FOUND SEPARATED.

## 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 CHI93LA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA353), Sep 4, 1993: Burkhart Grob G-103 Twin Astir (N153SS), New Douglas, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE GLIDER TOW ATTACHMENT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURE BY THE STUDENT, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S DELAYED REMEDIAL ACTION..

## Other reports on N153SS (1)

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

- [Accident 20050804017299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050804017299A), Aug 4, 2005: Grob G103TWNASTIR (N153SS), Driggs, ID, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Glider made a pattern tow and released at 1200 ft. witnesses stated that the aircraft was low on base leg, 75 to 150 ft, when the pilot initiated a turn…

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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