# Accident 19820526019239A: Schler ASW15, Plymouth, CT, May 26, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1982, 12:03 local time
- Place: Plymouth, CT
- Airport: Waterbury
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6324° N, 73.0482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Waterbury Airport (N41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6324&lon=-73.0482&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77BZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77BZ-1999-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-15 (registry code 38015HZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 429 total, 147 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82DA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820526019239A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST RUDDER PEDALS DURING CLIMB AND RELEASED GLIDER TOW ROPE. CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING

## 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 NYC82DA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA106), May 26, 1982: Schleicher ASW-15 (N77BZ), Plymouth, CT, substantial damage

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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