# Incident 20150510008079I: Grob-Werke Gmbh Co Kg ASTIR CS JEAN, Alamogordo, NM, May 10, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2015, 14:30 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: White Sands Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7497, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7497) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grob-Werke ASTIR CS JEAN (registry code 1660213, https://openairdocs.org/model/grob-werke-astir-cs-jean) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB-WERKE GMBH CO KG ASTIR CS JEAN
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,253 total, 183 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150510008079I

## Narrative

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

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.

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