# Accident 20031228036512A: Schler ASK21, Peoria, AZ, December 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2003, 13:12 local time
- Place: Peoria, AZ
- Airport: Pleasant Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8011° N, 112.2511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8011&lon=-112.2511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N274KS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N274KS-2005-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASK-21 (registry code 38015GY, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-ask-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASK21
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031228036512A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE N2094M, A PIPER J3C-65, TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 5L AT P48 AND REMAINED IN LEFT-CLOSED TRAFFIC IN A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. N274KS, A SCHLEICHER ASK-21 GLIDER WAS PERFORMING AEROBATIC FLIGHT IN AN AEROBATIC BOX, LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT, WITH A PASSENGER TO THE NORTHWEST OF RUNWAY 5L. THESE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED NORTHWEST OF P48 AT ABOUT 1312 LOCAL TIME. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THE PIPER WAS ESTABLISHED ON DOWNWIND AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AGL. WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATED THE GLIDER WAS COMPLETING A CLOVERLEAF MANEUVER AND WAS NOSE DOWN WHEN THE TAIL CONE OF THE GLIDER CONTACTED THE LEFT WING OF THE PIPER. THE TAIL SECTION OF THE GLIDER AND APPROXIMATELY 5-6 FEET OF THE PIPER'S LEFT WING SEPARATED. SUBSEQUENTLY, WITNESSES STATED BOTH AIRCRAFT ENTERED UNCONTOLLED DESCENT AND EACH AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. OCCUPANTS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. NO CAUSAL FACTORS ARE KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2094M, Piper J3C65: [Accident 20031228036511A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031228036511A)

## 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 ANC04FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA016), Dec 28, 2003: Schleicher ASK-21 (N274KS), Peoria, AZ, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both aircraft, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid each other's aircraft and a subsequent midair collision. A factor associated with the…

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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