# Incident 20021015030229I: Grob G109B, Nashua, NH, October 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2002, 11:55 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LT8S
- 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: N404DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404DW) (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: 187 total, 14 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021015030229I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20180707010789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180707010789I), Jul 7, 2018: Burkhart Grob G-109B (N404DW), Edgartown, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed 17, during landing rollout aircraft suddenly spun to the left where the left wing contacted the ground and the right main gear seperated from…
- [Incident 20010224003569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010224003569I), Feb 24, 2001: Grob G109B (N404DW), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. (-23) The wheel brakes are actuated on this a/c by extending the dive brak/spoiler control past the full position. On landing, the instructor had full spoilers…

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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