# Accident 20100825045519A: Schleicher ASW-20, Waynesville, OH, August 25, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Waynesville, OH
- Airport: Caesar Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4767° N, 84.0936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4767&lon=-84.0936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-20 (registry code 3801506, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-20
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,132 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA505](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA505) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100825045519A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 25, 2010 AT 15:00 EDT, A SCHLEICHER ASW-20, N31TS, REGISTERED TO VENTUS HOLDINGS LLC, COLLIDED WITH A WIND SOCK POLE DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AT THE CAESAR CREEK SOARING CLUB FIELD, WAYNESVILLE OHIO. THE PILOT REPORTED DURING HIS TAKEOFF ROLL THE RIGHT WING DROPED, A GROUND LOOP WAS INDUCED, THE TOW LINE WAS RELEASED, AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WIND SOCK POLE WITH THE LEFT WING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CAESAR CREEK SOARING CLUB FIELD, WAYNESVILLE, OHIO ON AUGUST 25, 2010, AT 15:00 EDT.

## 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 CEN10CA505](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA505), Aug 25, 2010: Schleicher ASW-20 (N31TS), Waynesville, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control during the tow for takeoff.

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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