- Date
- March 1, 1992, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boerne, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N94BGBurkhart Grob G103
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920301004809A
- Case key
- 18450
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Probable cause
The pilot in command inadvertently stalling the aircraft. Factors were the pilot not maintaining proper altitude during the approach and his abrupt aircraft handling.
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.
Analysis
The glider pilot reported not finding lift several miles to the west of the airstrip. Upon reaching 1,500 feet AGL and descending, he elected to proceed toward the airfield located to the east of his position. He established 55 knots of airspeed and descended to approximately thirty feet above the trees. After clearing the trees he made an aggressive right banking turn to align with runway 17. During the roll out the glider stalled. The right wing struck the grass terrain followed by the fuselage. The pilot stated that he made a mistake by getting too low and slow and banking too steeply during the turn while landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94BG
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G103
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 3652
- Airframe hours
- 560
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Osprey Soaring School, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Osprey Soaring School, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 31, 1991 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- 5C1 · Boerne Stage Field, runway 17, 3,400 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 14 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °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.
Other investigations on N94BG · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.