# Incident 20010818021079I: Grob G104ASTIRIIB, North Plains, OR, August 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: North Plains, OR
- Airport: North Plains Gliderport
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6040° N, 123.0250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at North Plains Gliderport (1OR4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6040&lon=-123.0250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N354DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N354DK-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau SPEED ASTIR II B (registry code 1660306, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-flugzeugbau-speed-astir-ii-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G104ASTIRIIB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010818021079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LORI BRAND, A FAA INSPECTOR, WITNESSED DAVID KUCHENBECKER ABORT A TAKEOFF FROM NORTH PLAINS GLIDER PORT IN HIS GROB SPEED ASTIR II. HE RELEASED FROM THE AEROTOW JUST AFTER THE GLIDER ROTATED FROM THE GROUND, BECAUSE THE GLIDER PORPOISED EXCESSIVELY. AS THE GROB DECELERATED ON THE GROUND, IT GROUND LOOPED TO A STOP. MGC

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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