Accident · 2025-11-26

NTSB case ERA26LA085 · BURKHART GROB LUFT UND RAUMFAH G103 TWIN ASTIR TRAI · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2025-11-26
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: BURKHART GROB LUFT UND RAUMFAH G103 TWIN ASTIR TRAI (N103T)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Huntsville Soaring Club Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): HUNTSVILLE SOARING CLUB

Probable cause

The flight instructor’s failure to properly lock the rear canopy prior to flight, which led to the canopy opening during aerotow at low altitude, and a subsequent off-airport landing in a corn field.

Source: NTSB case ERA26LA085

Flight crew

Certification and experience as recorded in the NTSB accident database for this event. The NTSB records these facts about the crew's flying history; GroundCheck shows them as filed, without names or identities.

Role	Certificate	Instrument rating	Age	Medical	Flight hours
Student pilot	None recorded	None	—	Unknown	—
Flight instructor pilot flying	Flight instructor / Commercial	Airplane	68	BasicMed (2022-04-01)	1,079 total · 47 in this make/model · 952 as PIC · 8 last 90 days

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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