# Incident 20190531005529I: Burkhart Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR, North Plains, OR, May 31, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2019, 11:45 local time
- Place: North Plains, OR
- Airport: North Plains
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6040° N, 123.0248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PLAINS (1OR4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6040&lon=-123.0248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107SE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N107SE) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 513 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190531005529I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) DEPARTED UNDER TOW IN GROB 103 TWIN ASTIR, N107SE, SOLO FROM THE FRONT SEAT.  RELEASED AT  ALTITUDE OF 4,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. RETURNED TO THE NORTH PLAINS FIELD TO MAKE A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND ON 27L. THERE WAS AN EAST TAILWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 7 KNOTS.

PIC STATED AFTER TRYING TO CONTROL THE DECENT WITH THE AIRCRAFT SPOILERS, HE EXPERIENCED AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE TO HARD LANDING WITH A BOUNCE BACK UP INTO THE AIR WITH A SUBSEQUENT RETURN TO ANOTHER HARD IMPACT CAUSING MAIN LANDING GEAR AND GEAR DOOR DAMAGE.

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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