# Incident 19990401020399I: Grob G103TWNASTIR, Soledad, CA, April 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1999, 11:50 local time
- Place: Soledad, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4345° N, 121.3178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Soledad, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4345&lon=-121.3178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3836L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3836L-2010-12-21) (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: GROB G103TWNASTIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 300 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990401020399I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON APRIL 4, 1999 AT 11:30 AM, PILOT RUSSELL HOLTZ, DEPARTED HOLLISTER AIRPORT IN A GROB-113 GLIDER AND HEADED SOUTH FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IN A VINEYARD ON A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, UPON LANDING HE STRUCK A TRACTOR PARKED TO THE RUNWAY WITH HIS LEFT WINGTIP WHEEL. MINOR DAMAGE TO GLIDER.

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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