22 Sep 2018: Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR TWIN ASTIR — Seminole Flying & Soaring Inc

22 Sep 2018: Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR TWIN ASTIR (N72EJ) — Seminole Flying & Soaring Inc

No fatalities • Groveland, FL, United States

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls during landing when the flight instructor told him to do so, and the instructor’s subsequent inability to properly control the glider, which led to a hard landing.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

On September 22, 2018, about 1500 eastern daylight time, a Grob G103 Twin Astir glider, N72EJ, sustained minor damage when it was involved in an accident in Groveland, Florida. The flight instructor was not injured, and the student pilot was seriously injured. The glider was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight.

The flight instructor reported that, during landing, he told the student pilot, “I have the controls”; however, the student pilot did not relinquish them. The flight instructor added that he was unable to control the glider, which resulted in a hard landing and the student pilot sustaining serious injuries.

Contributing factors

  • Student/instructed pilot
  • Student/instructed pilot
  • Attain/maintain not possible
  • Instructor/check pilot

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 100/11kt, vis 10sm

Related events

Same aircraft

  • 22 Aug 2019 — Grob G103 TWIN II (San Antonio Soaring Society Inc)
  • 6 Jul 2019 — Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR (Central MS Soaring Society Llc)
  • 15 Jun 2017 — BURKHART GROB G103C TWIN II AC (—)
  • 11 Jun 2010 — BURKHART GROB G103C TWIN III ACRO (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOARING ASSOCIATION)
  • 19 Jun 2009 — GROB G103 TWIN II (—)

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