# Accident 19940325006609A: Grob G109B, Nashua, NH, March 25, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1994, 10:33 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403DW-1996-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob G-109B (registry code 1660205, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-109b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G109B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 62 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940325006609A

## Narrative

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

SIMULATED ROPE BREAK ON TAKEOFF IN MOTOR GLIDER. TURNED BACK TOO LOW HIT TREES AND SPUN IN.

## 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 NYC94LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA073), Mar 25, 1994: Burkhart Grob G109B (N403DW), Nashua, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S DELAY IN TAKING REMEDIAL ACTION, WHICH RESULTED IN THE MOTOR-GLIDER COLLIDING WITH TREES.

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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