# Incident 20180922019189I: Burkhart Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR, Clermont, FL, September 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Clermont, FL
- Airport: Clermont Gliderport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 28.4058° N, 81.8378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4058&lon=-81.8378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72EJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72EJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR (registry code 1660211, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-g103-twin-astir) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BURKHART GROB G103 TWIN ASTIR
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,117 total, 1,359 in this make and model, 405 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18TA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA267) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180922019189I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING, STUDENT DID NOT RESPOND TO "I HAVE CONTROLS", STUDENT WOULD NOT RELINQUISH CONTROLS AND MADE HARD LANDING.

## 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 ERA18TA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18TA267), Sep 22, 2018: Grob G103 Twin Astir (N72EJ), Groveland, FL, minor damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls during landing when the flight instructor told him to do so, and the instructor’s subsequent inability to properly control the glider,…

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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