# Accident 20070714830169A: Grob G102ASTIR, Unionville, PA, July 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2007, 18:47 local time
- Place: Unionville, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8839° N, 77.9072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8839&lon=-77.9072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N775SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N775SS-2007-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 ASTIR CS (registry code 1660104, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-flugzeugbau-g102-astir-cs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB G102ASTIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 0 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070714830169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESS REPORTED AIRCRAFT TURNED ONTO BASE FOR 79N (RIDGE SOARING GLIDERPORT) AFTER LEVELING OFF. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND WENT STRAIGHT DOWN INTO HEAVILY WOODED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN STRIKING THE TOP OF THE TREES AND COMING TO A REST APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET UP IN THE TREES.

## 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 MIA07LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA121), Jul 14, 2007: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 Astir CS (N775SS), Unionville, PA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the glider for undetermined reasons.

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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