NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX84LA216
Registry · N128SS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU G102 ASTIR CS
Year of manufacture
1976 · 8 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790407
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0730B
Registrant of record
CARDINAL FLYING LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PLT INITIALLY LINED UP FOR A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO LAND, BUT ON FINAL APPROACH, HE DECIDED TO MAKE A 360 DEG TURN TO LAND IN FRONT OF SPECTATORS WHO WERE ALONG THE BEGINNING OF THE AIRSTRIP. AS HE WAS COMPLETING THE TURN TO LAND, THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND & THE GLIDER CRASHED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1984_LAX84LA216.txt.
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