# Accident 19810424018779A: Sphrth CIRRUS, Chester, NC, April 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1981, 11:58 local time
- Place: Chester, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N15PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH CIRRUS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FLG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLG09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810424018779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SPOILERS WERE DEPLOYED ON CLIMBOUT ON GLIDER. TOW PILOT RELEASED GLIDER TO CLEAR WIRES. GLIDER CRASHED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 ATL81FLG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLG09), Apr 24, 1981: Schempp STD CS (N15PE), Chester, SC, destroyed

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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