- Date
- November 19, 1990, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Erwinna, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N923BGBurkhart Grob G103A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901119051539A
- Case key
- 36846
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper landing technique and the instructor's inadequate supervision.
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 student was preparing for his private pilot check ride, and his instructor was supervising from the rear seat of the glider. The glider made a hard landing with the nose wheel touching first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N923BG
- Reported as
- Burkhart Grob G103A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 34037-K-268
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Freedom'S Wing Int., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Airport
- 9N1 · Vansant, runway 7, 3,058 × 120 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 450 in this make and model · 670 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.