On August 22, 1993, about 1110 central daylight time, a Grob
G103 sailplane, N422BG, sustained substantial damage during a
hard landing at Hinckley Airport, Hinckley, Illinois. The solo
student pilot incurred minor injury. Visual meteorological
conditions existed for the local, instructional flight. The
flight originated about 1059 without flight plan and operated
under 14 CFR 91. Use your browsers 'back' function to return to
synopsisReturn to Query Page The pilot stated that while on
final approach for landing, at an estimated altitude of 20', he
heard a loud crack and was struck in the face by something that
knocked his glasses off. He then noticed that the canopy was
open and broken, and that the sailplane was in a nose low
attitude. He said he was pulling the nose up as the sailplane
landed hard. A witness on the ground approximately 300 feet
away, saw an object coming off the nose of the sailplane as the
Grob was on final approach to land. A postaccident examination
of the canopy and sailplane failed to