# Accident 20190706009289A: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau TWIN ASTIR, Brandon, MS, July 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2019, 13:15 local time
- Place: Brandon, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4275° N, 89.9403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4275&lon=-89.9403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106NS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106NS-2021-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau TWIN ASTIR (registry code 1660201, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-flugzeugbau-twin-astir) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU TWIN ASTIR
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,568 total, 15 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190706009289A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 6, 2019, A TWO SEAT GLIDER CRASHED WITH ON OCCUPANT ON-BOARD WHILE ATTEMPTING AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A HORSE PASTURE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE FIELD. THE TOW PILOT THAT RELEASED THE GLIDER STATED THE GLIDER PILOT HAD RELEASED FROM THE TOW LINE APPROXIMATELY 900 FT BELOW THE BRIEFED ALTITUDE OF 3000 FT. THE TOW PILOT STATED THAT ALTHOUGH NOT UNUSUAL BASED UPON INDICATED LIFT FOR THE GLIDER, IT WASN'T WHAT WAS BRIEFED. ANOTHER GLIDER PILOT WHO WAS AIRBORNE AT THE TIME STATED THAT HE HEARD A RADIO TRANSMISSION FROM THE ACCIDENT GLIDER STATING THAT N106NS WAS GOING TO BE LANDING OFF-SITE. EVIDENCE FROM THE PASTURE SHOWED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE GLIDERS RIGHT WING IMPACTED A SOLE TREE IN THE PASTURE AROUND 25-30 FEET IN THE AIR,  SHEARING APPROXIMATELY 24 INCHES OF THE RIGHT WING TIP, FROM THE TIP TO JUST OUTBOARD OF THE RIGHT AILERON. THIS PIECE WAS FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE OAK TREE. APPROXIMATELY 48 INCHES FROM THE TIP, THE RIGHT WING ALSO EXHIBITED ANOTHER IMPACT POINT WITH A TREE BRANCH THAT TORE 12 INCHES OF WING LEADING EDGE AND TOP WING SKIN THAT REMAINED IN THE TREE. THE GLIDER ROLLED 180 DEGREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED. THE IMPACT TORE MOST OF THE RIGHT WING OFF WHICH WAS BEING PULLED ALONG BY THE RIGHT AILERON CONTROL ROD. THE LEFT WING SHOWED A BROKEN MAIN SPAR 52 INCHES FROM THE TIP THAT IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE OCCURRED DURING IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE CANOPY PLEXIGLASS AND FRONT AND REAR BOWS WERE BROKEN. ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS AND LINKAGES WERE CHECKED AND SHOWED POSITIVE CONTINUITY. 25 FEET IN FRONT OF WHERE THE GLIDER CAME TO REST WAS A THREE-WIRE BARBED WIRE FENCE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE ROLLED THROUGH IF A NORMAL LANDING WERE ACHIEVED. THE PILOT OF THE GLIDER PERISHED DUE TO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH AT THE SCENE.

## 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 CEN19FA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA211), Jul 6, 2019: Grob G103 (N106NS), Brandon, MS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate clearance from a tree during an attempted off-field landing.

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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