NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DEN88LA132
Registry · N143SS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU G102 ASTIR CS
Year of manufacture
1976 · 12 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19770301
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0AF76
Registrant of record
BENNETT WOLFGANG
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PVT GLIDER PLT WAS COMPLETING A FIVE HR ENDURANCE FLIGHT. DURING THE TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL, THE GLIDER ENCOUNTERED A 15 KT XWIND AND OVERSHOT THE TURN. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO 'BUTTONHOOK' BACK TOWARD THE INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT. WITNESSES STATED THAT DURING LANDING ON A GRAVEL RWY, PARALLEL TO AND BESIDE RWY 26, THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE GLIDER THEN GROUNDLOOPED. THE PILOT SAID THAT FATIGUE MAY HAVE AFFECTED HIS ABILITY TO CONTROL THE GLIDER DURING LANDING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1988_DEN88LA132.txt.
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