# Incident 20090907049989I: Burkhart Gr G103 TWIN A, Lake Village, IN, September 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lake Village, IN
- Airport: Lake Village Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1500° N, 87.4625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE VILLAGE (C98), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1500&lon=-87.4625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4425Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4425Y) (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: BURKHART GR G103 TWIN A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907049989I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL TIME THE BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU GLIDER, REGISTRATION N4425Y, PILOTED BY PAUL M. CANTWELL WAS BEING TOWED BY THE TOW AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA C-150H, REGISTRATION N22759, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE TWO AIRCRAFT WERE TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 36, WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 175 FEET IN ALTITUDE THE TOW ROPE BROKE. THE GLIDER PILOT SAID THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT, HIS NEXT BEST OPTION WAS TO LAND IN AN ADJACENT BEAN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4425Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19991127039599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991127039599I), Nov 27, 1999: Grob G103TWNASTIR (N4425Y), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. N4425Y, a glinder was being towed for takeoff on RWY7 at Herlong arpt. The tow plane was not aligned with the runway center line, thereby allowing the glider…

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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