- Date
- July 21, 1985, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Williamson, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5829TBurkhart Grob G-109B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850721037059A
- Case key
- 6837
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Remedial action - initiated
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
The plt of the powered glider reported that during an apch to land, the acft encountered a downdraft & landed hard. The landing gear was damaged as well as the prop, eng cowling & oil cooler.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5829T
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G-109B
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 6320
- Airframe hours
- 107
- Engine
- Grob 2500-E-1, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Neca Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1985 · 7 hours before
- Airport
- Peach State Gliderport, runway 13, 3,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf
N5829TRegistered now · Burkhart Grob G-109BAirframe modelBurkhart Grob G-109BEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25,200 total · 25 in this make and model · 19,000 as pilot in command · 226 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.