- Date
- July 26, 1986, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Black Forest, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N144SSBurkhart Grob G-102 Astir CS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860726035029A
- Case key
- 16838
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The glider plt, took off at 1155 and was towed to an alt of 10,200 ft MSL and released. The plt said that a rapidly developing thunderstorm cut off his route back to the glider port and he was forced to make an off airport landing at about 1300. The plt said that during the turn to final apch, 'a wind shift put me down.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N144SS
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G-102 Astir CS (G-102 ASTI)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 1367
- Airframe hours
- 453
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Black Forest Soaring Society,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1986 · 1,286 hours before
- Departed
- CO26 · Black Forest, CO
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 289 total · 54 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.