MIA83LA157
1983-06-12 · CHULUOTA, Florida, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport X45
Current FAA registration · N155SS
- Make / Model
- BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU G102 ASTIR CS
- Year of manufacture
- 1978 · 5 years old at event
- Engine
- NONE NONE
- Seats / Engines
- 1 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19820909
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S A0DE63
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER HE WAS AIRBORNE FOR 40 MIN, HE WAS FORCED TO TERMINATE THE FLT DUE TO THE APCH OF A SEVERE RAIN SHOWER. HE STATED THAT WHEN THE ACFT WAS ON A FINAL APCH TO RWY 11, A SINK RATE DEVELOPED THAT HE COULD NOT ARREST. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STRUCK TREES APRX 100 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED THAT RAIN STARTED FALLING AS HE EXITED THE ACFT. HE ATTRIBUTED THE SINK TO TURBULENCE FROM THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1983_MIA83LA157.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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