Incident Grob G109 N912G,
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Date:Tuesday 25 September 1990
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic G109 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grob G109
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N912G
MSN: 6143
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Waukesha, WI -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Waukesha, WI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING TO THE NORTH AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT WHEN THE LEFT WING OF THE MOTOR GLIDER AIRPLANE HE WAS FLYING STRUCK A TRACTOR TYPE LAWM MOWER. HE SAID THAT WHEN HE INITIALLY SAW THE MOWER IT WAS ABOUT 80 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY. THE NEXT TIME THAT HE SAW IT, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY'S LEFT EDGE. THE OPERATOR OF THE MOWER SAID THAT HE WAS DRIVING THE MOWER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH HIS BACK TO THE APPROACHING AIRPLANE. HE DID NOT SEE OR HEAR THE AIRPLANE UNTIL IT HIT THE MOWER.


Sources:

NTSB Identification: CHI90LA274

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 September 1990 N912G Private 0 Waukesha, WI sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Nov-2009 09:29 DColclasure Added
23-Sep-2011 03:30 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Nature, Narrative, Plane category, ]
29-Sep-2011 02:41 Uli Elch Updated [Plane category, ]

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