# Accident 20050611012379A: Grob G103TWNASTIR, Wellington, OH, June 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2005, 13:15 local time
- Place: Wellington, OH
- Airport: Botsford Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1625° N, 82.2028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1625&lon=-82.2028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3872G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GROB G103TWNASTIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 153 total, 150 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050611012379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS DOWNWIND FOR LANDING TO THE NORTH, TURNED TO THE SOUTHEAST AND PILOT SAID HE WAS TOO LOW AND STRUCK SOME TREE TOPS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC05CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA097), Jun 11, 2005: Burkhart Grob G103 Twin Astir (N3872G), Wellington, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude which resulted in an undershoot of the runway.

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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