- Date
- April 17, 1985, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20HSBurkhart Grob G103 Twin Astir
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850417013219A
- Case key
- 24698
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt attempted to land the glider near the rwy threshold in order to be ready for an immediate relaunch. He reported that he was aware of vegetation, located along the edge of the rwy, but said that he misjudged its height. The right wing contacted the vegetation during the landing flare causing the glider to veer to the right while at a high rate of speed. The glider came to rest about 10 ft beyond the threshold at a 60 deg angle to the rwy centerline & with the tail cone separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20HS
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G103 Twin Astir (G103 TWIN)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 3860-K-106
- Airframe hours
- 337
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sailplane Enterprises
- Registered owner
- Wayne Hoshizaki
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 13, 1984 · 67 hours before
- Airport
- HMT · Hemet-Ryan, runway 22, 2,045 × 30 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 896 total · 2 in this make and model · 836 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.