- Date
- June 12, 1983, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Chuluota, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N155SSBurkhart Grob G102
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830612026169A
- Case key
- 30897
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that after he was airborne for 40 min, he was forced to terminate the flt due to the apch of a severe rain shower. He stated that when the acft was on a final apch to rwy 11, a sink rate developed that he could not arrest. Subsequently, the acft struck trees aprx 100 ft short of the rwy. The plt stated that rain started falling as he exited the acft. He attributed the sink to turbulence from the approaching thunderstorm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N155SS
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G102
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 1722
- Airframe hours
- 520
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kjenslie Knut
- Registered owner
- Harvey L. Bryning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 14, 1983 · 33 hours before
- Airport
- X45 · Flying Seminole, runway 11, 4,000 × 160 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 9 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 12 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.