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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grob G-109B · Nashua, NH · October 15, 2002

Date
October 15, 2002 · 11:55 local
Place
Nashua, NH
Airport
Boire Field
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LT8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N404DW
Reported as
Grob G109B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
187 total14 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On October 15, 2002, about 1155 eastern daylight time, a cap 10 Grob 109B motorglider, N404DW, sustained minor damage when attempting to land on runway 32 at Boire Field, Nashua, new hampshire (ash). The student pilot, touched down and veered to the left, when the glider became squirrelly. The pilot made a correction and went to the right. When the pilot was going to the right, he applied brakes through the dive brakes to slow down. As he did, the glider nosed over and had a prop strike. The glider managed to stop before going off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON OCTOBER 15, 2002, ABOUT 1155 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CAP 10 GROB 109B MOTORGLIDER, N404DW, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32 AT BOIRE FIELD, NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE (ASH). THE STUDENT PILOT, TOUCHED DOWN AND VEERED TO THE LEFT, WHEN THE GLIDER BECAME SQUIRRELLY. THE PILOT MADE A CORRECTION AND WENT TO THE RIGHT. WHEN THE PILOT WAS GOING TO THE RIGHT, HE APPLIED BRAKES THROUGH THE DIVE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. AS HE DID, THE GLIDER NOSED OVER AND HAD A PROP STRIKE. THE GLIDER MANAGED TO STOP BEFORE GOING OFF THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N404DW · 2

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