- Date
- June 11, 1988, 19:30 local (Jun 12, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N103BKBurkhart Grob G-103A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880611019709A
- Case key
- 26032
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a local flt, the glider encountered a windshear and lost altitude. The pilot was unable to regain the lost altitude and a forced landing was made where during the landing roll the glider collided with rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N103BK
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G-103A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 33953-K-186
- Airframe hours
- 1,354
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Willat, Brett
- Registered owner
- Sabino, Antonio
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 29, 1988 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- 8Q7 · Fremont, CA
- Destination
- 8Q7
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 550 in this make and model · 2,750 as pilot in command · 390 in the last 90 days · 140 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.