# Incident 20000809025599I: Grob G103ATWIN2, Llano, CA, August 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2000, 12:05 local time
- Place: Llano, CA
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4847° N, 117.8265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (46CN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4847&lon=-117.8265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4601M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4601M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II (registry code 1660203, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-103-twin-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G103ATWIN2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 9 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809025599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX. 1205, WEDNESDAY, 08/09/00, AT CRYSTAL AIRPORT, L01, LLANA, CA. THE PILOT OF N4601M, A GROB0G103-TWIN2, LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY HITTING A JOSHUA TREE WITH THE LEFT WING. THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N4601M (2)

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

- [Accident 20051203031529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051203031529A), Dec 3, 2005: Grob G103ATWIN2 (N4601M), Wrightwood, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 3, 2005, at approximately 1430 hours PST, N4601M, a Grob G-103, two place glider, departed on aerotow from crystal airport (46CN) on a…
- [Incident 19860817048129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860817048129I), Aug 17, 1986: N4601M, Llano, CA, Minor damage. Allowed a wing tip to touch ground too early on landing. Veered off the runway and struck a fence.

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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