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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Schler ASW20 · Unionville, PA · August 6, 1982

Date
August 6, 1982 · 16:30 local
Place
Unionville, PA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N20KG
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC82DA187
Reported as
Schler ASW20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,932 total30 in this make and model271 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot neglected to connect elevator control during glider assembly. Crash occurred during takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT NEGLECTED TO CONNECT ELEVATOR CONTROL DURING GLIDER ASSEMBLY. CRASH OCCURRED DURING TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.