# Accident 20110507007879A: Schleicher ASW-27, Athens, TN, May 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2011, 15:00 local time
- Place: Athens, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3978° N, 84.7564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3978&lon=-84.7564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27LX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-27
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110507007879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS COMPETING IN CROSS COUNTRY AIR RACING WHEN LIFT WAS LOST.  PILOT PICKED BEAUTIFUL WHEAT FIELD. UPON NEARING FINAL TOUCH DOWN, HIT POWERLINES CROSSING FIELD.

## 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 ERA11CA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA288), May 7, 2011: Schleicher ASW-27 (N27LX), Athens, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout resulting in a collision with power lines while making an off-airport landing.

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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