ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65161
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| Date: | Saturday 3 June 2006 |
| Time: | 12:13 |
| Type: |  Grob G103 Twin Astir |
| Owner/operator: | Great Western Soaring School, Inc. |
| Registration: | N4464P |
| MSN: | 3823-K-82 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Llano, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Llano, CA (46CN) |
| Llano, CA (46CN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider landed hard on the runway and the empennage fractured from the remainder of the structure. On final approach, the glider entered a pilot induced oscillation. The glider then landed hard on the runway. The student pilot said that the glider did not have any mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
Probable Cause: the student pilot's failure to recover from a porpoise/pilot induced oscillation, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20060707X00891&key=1
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2009 04:00 | DColclasure | Added |
| 10-Jun-2009 07:12 | David Colclasure | Updated |
| 29-Nov-2009 08:54 | Alpine Flight | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 05-Dec-2017 09:13 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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