NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CEN20CA324
Registry · N3981A
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIB
Year of manufacture
1983 · 37 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19830725
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4A2FD
Registrant of record
WALKER CAROL L
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The unstabilized landing approach in gusty wind conditions that resulted in a hard, bounced landing.
Factual narrative
The student pilot stated that the airspeed was too fast on final approach and the glider landed hard and bounced several times before it came to a stop. The glider sustained substantial damage to the front and rear bottom of the fuselage and rudder. The pilot landed the glider on runway 36 with wind gusts to 18 knots. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Airspeed-Not attained/maintained
- — Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Wind-Gusts-Effect on operation
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2020_CEN20CA324.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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