- Date
- April 2, 1988, 12:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N788GBurkhart Grob G103A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880402007389A
- Case key
- 17356
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Weather condition - no thermal liftFactor
Maneuver - initiated
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Altitude - inadequateCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N788G
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G103A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 33988-K-221
- Airframe hours
- 1,987
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Twin Acro Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1988 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- 1V5 · Boulder, CO
N788GRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 1991 · Burkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACROAirframe modelBurkhart Grob G-103A TWIN II ACRO
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 663 total · 111 in this make and model · 601 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 10 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.