- Date
- March 12, 1983, 13:12 local (18:12 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N142SSBurkhart Grob G10Z Astir CS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830312007499A
- Case key
- 35160
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Thinking that he might be lost in a wave above the clouds, the plt descended through an opening & decided to make an off-field landing. Severe wind gusts altered his glide path & he headed toward an apple orchard. The left wing contacted a branch about 10 ft above the ground & the glider ground looped breaking the tail cone & damaging the stabilizer & vertical fin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N142SS
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G10Z Astir CS (G10Z ASTIR)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 1368
- Airframe hours
- 360
- Engine
- NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Prabhat Seth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Unionville, PA
- Destination
- Altoona, PA
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
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 232 total · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.