# Accident 20120713018679A: Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II, Perkasie, PA, July 13, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: Perkasie, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia Glider Council
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3283° N, 75.2417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3283&lon=-75.2417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5448G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5448G-2014-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II (registry code 1660203, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g-103-twin-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BURKHART GROB G 103 TWIN II
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA455) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120713018679A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/13/2012 (1530 LOCAL) A GLIDER, GROBE 103 (N5448G) CRASHED AT PHILADELPHIA GLIDER COUNCIL (0PA0) SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF. THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT. THEY WERE CONDUCTING A  "WENCH" LAUNCH AND SIMULATING A ROPE BREAK AT ABOUT 200FT AGL. THERE WERE TWO PILOTS ON BOARD, BOTH HIGHLY QUALIFIED GLIDER PILOTS AND CFI'S. ONE WAS WENCH QUALIFIED AND THE OTHER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING QUALIFIED, HENCE THE TRAINING FLIGHT. THIS WAS THEIR 9TH LAUNCH OF THE DAY. AFTER THEY RELEASED FROM THE CABLE AT ABOUT 200FT AGL, THE AIRCRAFT BREAK TO THE RIGHT AND THEN A SHARP LEFT BANK INTO THE TREE'S. THE WINGS WERE RIPPED OFF THE AIRCRAFT ON IMPACT WITH THE TREE'S, THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED THOUGH THE TREES AND CAME TO REST ON IT'S LEFT SIDE AT ABOUT 80 YARDS PAST IMPACT POINT, IN THE CLEARING ON AIRPORT PROPERTY.

## 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 ERA12LA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA455), Jul 13, 2012: Burkhart Grob G 103 Twin II (N5448G), Hilltown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper decision of the flight instructor receiving instruction to attempt a course reversal rather than land straight ahead following a simulated low-level rope break, and the inadequate…

## Other reports on N5448G (1)

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

- [Accident 19980524010699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980524010699A), May 24, 1998: Grob G103ATWIN2 (N5448G), Cordele, GA, Substantial damage. Glider made a hard landing and broke the fuselage in front of the tail, Cordele, GA. (.4)according to the pilot, he was flaring above the runway when 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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