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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau ASTIR CS · Hilltown, PA · June 26, 2011

Date
June 26, 2011 · 16:00 local
Place
Hilltown, PA
Airport
Hilltown Glider Port
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3064P
Reported as
Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau Astir CS
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
52 total45 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that he noticed that he was low when he was making his base turn he then continued the turn to final and became very low he began to correct and then the aircraft was striking the trees where it then came to rest.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THAT HE WAS LOW WHEN HE WAS MAKING HIS BASE TURN HE THEN CONTINUED THE TURN TO FINAL AND BECAME VERY LOW HE BEGAN TO CORRECT AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRIKING THE TREES WHERE IT THEN CAME TO REST.