- Date
- June 15, 1985, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Erwinna, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N217BGBurkhart Grob G-103-II Aero
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850615028139A
- Case key
- 35895
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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 contacted tall hay in a fld and ground looped during an off arpt forced landing. The plt stated the glider was released downwind from the arpt at an alt of aprx 3000 ft AGL. A sink rate of 1000 fpm developed preventing the plt from returning to land at the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N217BG
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G-103-II Aero (G-103-II A)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 33984K
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brian D. Snow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 9, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 9N1 · Erwinna, 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 35 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.