# Accident 20120901020049A: Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II, El Paso, TX, September 1, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: Horizan Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7186° N, 106.2353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7186&lon=-106.2353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5489X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BURKHART GROB G 103 TWIN II
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA605](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA605) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120901020049A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012, AT 1100 MT, A GROB 103, N5489X REGISTERED TO EL PASO SOARING SOCIETY, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A WINCH LAUNCH AT HORIZON AIRPORT EL PASO, TX.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.THE PILOT DIED THAT EVENING AT THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 CEN12LA605](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA605), Sep 1, 2012: Burkhart Grob G 103 Twin II (N5489X), El Paso, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot‘s failure to maintain glider control while attempting to take off using a ground winch, which resulted in an inadvertent stall low to the ground. Contributing to the accident was the ground…

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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