# Accident 20070513014879A: Grob G103TWNASTIR, Franconia, NH, May 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Franconia, NH
- Airport: Franconia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1958° N, 71.7494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1958&lon=-71.7494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39783, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39783-2013-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR (registry code 1660202, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-flugzeugbau-g103-twin-astir) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G103TWNASTIR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 6 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070513014879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FINAL, AT 300' AGL, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED RISING AIR. THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT WING DOWN FULL SLIP, WITH FULL SPOILER DEPLOYMENT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT DESCEND SIGNIFICANTLY, DESPITE BEING HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY (SOD). THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY THROUGH THE RISING AIR TO GET TO THE CORRESPONDING DESCENDING AIRMASS. ONCE IN THE DESCENDING AIRMASS, THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED QUICKLY AND HIT THE GROUND WITH 1/4 RUNWAY REMAINING. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, BECAME AIRBORNE, AND TO AVOID DEBRIS AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT CLOSED THE SPOILERS AND ELECTED TO LAND IN THE TREES STRAIGHT AHEAD. BEFORE THAT COULD HAPPEN, A RIGHT CROSSWIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE WHERE THE LEFT WING CONTACTED TREES APPROX. 150' FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT APPROX. 40' ALTITUDE. AFTER TREE IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN LEFT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A 45 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, WITH THE NOSE POINTING BACK TO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC07CA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA118), May 13, 2007: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 (N39783), Franconia, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point. A factor in the accident was an encounter with an updraft while on approach.

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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