Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR N72EJ

Summary

On 22 September 2018 at about 19:00 local time, a Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR registered N72EJ, operated by Seminole Flying & Soaring Inc, was involved in an accident near Groveland, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 September 2018 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Groveland, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Seminole Lake (6FL0)

Coordinates

28.4058, -81.8378

Aircraft

Grob G103 TWIN ASTIR

Registration

N72EJ

Category

Glider

Year built

1979

Operator

Seminole Flying & Soaring Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Groveland → Groveland

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA18TA267

1 person was seriously injured.

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.