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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Grob-Werke ASTIR CS JEAN · Alamogordo, NM · May 10, 2015

Date: May 10, 2015 · 14:30 local
Place: Alamogordo, NM
Airport: White Sands Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N7497
Reported as: Grob-Werke Astir CS Jean
Reported engine: NONE NONE
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,253 total183 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N7497Registered now · Grob-Werke ASTIR CS JEANS/N 2004 · Built 1977 Airframe modelGrob-Werke ASTIR CS JEAN Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

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At 1430 MDT (2030 UTC), Sunday, may 10, 2015 a Grob 102 astir (N7497) operating under 14 CFR part 91 encountered sinking air while approaching to land on runway 16 at the White Sands Regional Airport (kalm), Alamogordo, NM. The commercially rated pilot stated sinking air caused the glider to drop below its normal glide path and strike a power line that crossed the final approach to the runway. The power line was severed by the gilder and the aircraft landed normally. VFR conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for this pleasure flight, which originated at the White Sands Regional Airport.

As the FAA filed it

AT 1430 MDT (2030 UTC), SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015 A GROB 102 ASTIR (N7497) OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 ENCOUNTERED SINKING AIR WHILE APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 16 AT THE WHITE SANDS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KALM), ALAMOGORDO, NM. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT STATED SINKING AIR CAUSED THE GLIDER TO DROP BELOW ITS NORMAL GLIDE PATH AND STRIKE A POWER LINE THAT CROSSED THE FINAL APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. THE POWER LINE WAS SEVERED BY THE GILDER AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS PLEASURE FLIGHT, WHICH ORIGINATED AT THE WHITE SANDS REGIONAL AIRPORT.