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N878S

Cancelled 2018

Deregistered aircraft · 1979 Schleicher ASW-20 · NONE

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Cancelled: May 24, 2018
Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
Serial number: 20268
Year built: 1979
Type: Glider
Engine: None
Airworthiness: Experimental, racing, exhibition
Airworthiness date: December 8, 1980
Certificate issued: July 13, 2012
Last registry action: February 11, 2015
Mode S code: AC159E
Owner when cancelled: Hazel Thomas R
Location: Houston, TX
Owner type: Individual

Airframe modelSchleicher ASW-20ADs, bulletins and aircraft registered now Engine modelNONENone

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.

NTSB investigations · 1

Matched to this aircraft by N878S and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

NTSB CEN15LA376Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportHempstead, TXThe pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines during an attempted off-airport landing.Aug 23, 2015 · Substantial damage

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N878S and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

Accident 20150823014239ADescent · Hempstead, TXOn August 23, 2015, a phone call was received by the Texas department of public safety (TX dps) indicating that an accident occurred at laneview road in Hempstead, Texas. At the scene the reporting inspector was told by a TX dps trooper on scene that when he…Aug 23, 2015 · Destroyed · 1 fatal