# Accident 20250724010089A: Grob-Werke TWIN ASTIR, Franconia, NH, July 24, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Franconia, NH
- Airport: Franconia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1749° N, 71.7644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1749&lon=-71.7644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N103GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grob-Werke TWIN ASTIR (registry code 1660309, https://openairdocs.org/model/grob-werke-twin-astir) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GROB-WERKE TWIN ASTIR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 153 total, 14 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250724010089A

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY JULY 24, 2025, THE PILOT OF A GROB TWIN ASTIR WITH ONE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT DEPARTED FROM 1B5 (FRANCONIA NH) AT AROUND 1530, PIC LAUNCHED FROM RUNWAY 18 AS THERE WAS A SOUTH WIND FROM AROUND 200. PIC INDIACATED THEY WERE TOWED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE MT AND THERE WAS ROTOR (REFERS TO A SPECIFIC TYPE OF AIR MOVEMENT) AND TURBULENCE ON THE TOW. PIC RELEASED AT AROUND 5100' MSL AND RIGHT AWAY HE NOTICED THAT HE WAS IN SOME BAD SINK. PIC QUICKLY VECTORED WEST TOWARD 1B5, AND THE READING ON THE VARIOMETER INDICATED THEY WERE FALLING AT LEAST 10 KTS, THE MAX READING ON THE INSTRUMENT. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD, PIC NOTICED THAT THE SPOILERS HAD OPENED DURING THE TURBULENCE AND PIC CLOSED THEM, BUT THEY WERE STILL SINKING. PIC WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO LOVETT'S FIELD, WHICH IS ABOUT 1.5 SM NORTHEAST OF 1B5 WHEN THE PIC REALIZED THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE TREES TO GET BACK TO 1B5. PIC MADE THE DECISION TO LAND AT LOVETT'S FIELD AND UPON LANDING, THE PLANE GROUND LOOPED FROM THE TALL GRASS AND THE TAIL BOOM BROKE IN HALF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 ERA25LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA287), Jul 24, 2025: Grob-Werke Twin Astir (N103GV), Franconia, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to detect the inadvertent deployment of the spoilers, which resulted in a prolonged, excessive descent rate. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to conduct a…

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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