# Accident 20051014027669A: Grob G103TWNASTIR, Benton, TN, October 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2005, 20:40 local time
- Place: Benton, TN
- Airport: Chilhowee Gliderport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2736° N, 84.5589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2736&lon=-84.5589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N381SL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N381SL-2006-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR (registry code 1660202, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-flugzeugbau-g103-twin-astir) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G103TWNASTIR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 90 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051014027669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE OVERSHOT THE LANDING FIELD AND ABORTED THE LANDING. HE EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND FOUND HIMSELF DISORIENTED AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING. ACCORDING TO HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGER, HE WAS LOSING ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED QUICKLY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, THE GLIDER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A POWER POLE, FORCING THE GLIDER TO THE GROUND WHERE IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A VEHICLE ON THE GROUND. THE GLIDER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS AIRLIFTED TO A NEARBY MEDICAL FACILITY AND UNDERWENT SURGERY TO TREAT INJURIES WHILE THE PASSENGER WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND RELEASED. THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 3.6 MILES AWAY FROM THE FIELD AND A MAGNETIC BEARING OF 211 DEGREES.

## 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 ATL06CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA006), Oct 14, 2005: 1200 G103 (N381SL), Benton, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and failure to maintain a visual look out during a forced landing resulting in an in flight collision with a guy wire and the ground.

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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