# Incident 19960921037689I: Schler ASW20, Miami, FL, September 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1996, 12:01 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6BF-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-20C (registry code 3801502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960921037689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON TAKE OFF TOW PLANE COULD NOT CLEAR DOWN LINES SUCCESSFULLY. GLIDER PILOT RELEASED FROM TOW PLANE, THEN ABORTED. WITH INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY FOR A SUCCESSFUL LANDING GLIDER LANDED IN SOFT CROP ROWS, NO GROWTH, WHICH CAUSED A GROUND LOOP. DAMAGE TO REAR FUSELAGE FIBERGLASS WAS MINOR.

## Other reports on N6BF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100509034519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100509034519A), May 9, 2010: Schleicher ASW-20C (N6BF), Altoona, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot was ridge soaring, encountered a downdraft, was unable to arrest the rate of descent. Attempt to arrest the rate of descent resulted in an aircraft…

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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