# N82BK: 1982 Schleicher ASW-20, registration cancelled 2010-11-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 15, 2010
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [Schleicher ASW-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-20) (registry code 3801506)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 20580
- Year built: 1982
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition, racing
- Airworthiness date: June 4, 1999
- Certificate issued: March 21, 2005
- Last registry action: January 20, 2009
- Mode S code: AB2EA5
- Owner when cancelled: [Knox William H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KNOX%20WILLIAM%20H)
- Location: [Litchfield, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Litchfield)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 39.1756° N, 89.6744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 62056, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82BK
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=82BK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82BK-2010-11-15

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Schleicher ASW-20: https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-20.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA368), Jul 4, 2010: Schleicher ASW-20 (N82BK), Pocahontas, IL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a wings-level attitude prior to impacting high vegetation and terrain during the off-field landing.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20100704039529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100704039529A), Jul 4, 2010: Schleicher ASW-20 (N82BK), Pocahontas, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On July 4, 2010 at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time, N82BK, a Schleicher ASW-20 glider, was being manuevered by an airmen near Pocahontas, Illinois on a…

## Other aircraft with N82BK

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82BK): Charles Heatherly BUCKEYE DREAM MACHIN, S/N 3339

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