# Accident 20060912018869A: Grob G103ATWINII, Minden, NV, September 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2006, 13:40 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0003° N, 119.7511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0003&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N790G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N790G-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO (registry code 1660206, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-103a-twin-ii-acro) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G103ATWINII
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060912018869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CFI GLIDER PILOT, GIVING INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT, SAW THE TOW PLANE PILOT SIGNAL WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A DISTRESS OF THE TOW PLANE AND DIRECTED THE STUDENT TO PULL THE TOW RELEASE 50-100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE CFI THEN TOOK THE CONTROLS AND INITIATED A LEFT TURN BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT BUT HAD INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE AND DURING THE TURN STRUCK A POWER POLE. THIS SEVERED THE WING OF THE GLIDER, WHICH THEN CRASHED ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY WHERE FURTHER DESTRUCTION OF THE GLIDER OCCURRED. BOTH GLIDER PILOTS SUFFERED BACK INJURIES AND WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 LAX06LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA292), Sep 12, 2006: Burkhart Grob G-103A Twin II Acro (N790G), Minden, NV, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inadequate pre-takeoff checks by the flightcrew that failed to detect that the spoilers were deployed during the takeoff and initial climb. Also causal was the inadequate supervision of the…

## Other reports on N790G (1)

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

- [Incident 19990925030269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990925030269I), Sep 25, 1999: Grob G103ATWINII (N790G), Minden, NV, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot failed to deploy spoilers during landing. Aircraft floated down and off the end of the runway into the brush. Subsequent to the above, the…

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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