# Accident 20200730021889A: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB, Midlothian, TX, July 30, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2020, 14:00 local time
- Place: Midlothian, TX
- Airport: Midlothian
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4561° N, 96.9163° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4561&lon=-96.9163&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3981A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3981A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB (registry code 1660106, https://openairdocs.org/model/burkhart-grob-flugzeugbau-g102-club-astir-iiib) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 466 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200730021889A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/30/2020 AIRCRAFT N3981A, A BURKHART GROB FL (GLIDER) WAS PERFORMING SOLO TRAINING FLIGHTS AT MIDLOTHIAN AIRPORT. DURING A ROUTINE LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED TWICE ON THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE, TOTALLY DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, SOLE PERSON ON-BOARD, SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND CHOSE NOT TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT HE STATED THIS WAS A SOLO FLIGHT CONDUCTED AFTER SEVERAL 2 SEAT GLIDER FLIGHTS WITH A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR; THESE FLIGHTS WERE CONDUCTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOTED STATED VERBALLY AND IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT (SEE ATTACHED) HE WAS TOO FAST ON HIS LANDING RESULTING IN STATED INCIDENT. PILOT ALSO STATED DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS, THE INITIAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT WAS DELAYED A COUPLE OF HOURS. PRIOR TO TAKEOFF PILOT REPORTED WINDS WERE JUST BELOW MAXIMUM ALLOWED FOR OPERATION.

## 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 CEN20CA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA324), Jul 30, 2020: Grob G102 (N3981A), Midlothian, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The unstabilized landing approach in gusty wind conditions that resulted in a hard, bounced 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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