# Accident 20140907016109A: Schleicher ASW-19B, Avoca, NY, September 7, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2014, 16:30 local time
- Place: Avoca, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4103° N, 77.4256° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4103&lon=-77.4256&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31GF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31GF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-19B (registry code 3801505, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-19b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-19B
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 31 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA426) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140907016109A

## Narrative

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

ON 9/7/2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 EDT AIRCRAFT N31GF, A SCHLEICHER GLIDER MODEL ASW-19B, MADE AN UNPLANNED OFF-FIELD LANDING IN AVOCA, NY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO, BUT LIMITED TO, THE RIGHT WING, COCKPIT, EMPENNAGE, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS, AND NOSE SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE DURING THE LANDING.

THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY DEPARTED FROM ITS HOME BASE AIRPORT OF DANSVILLE, NY (DSV) WITH A PLANNED FLIGHT TO PAINTED POST, NY AND BACK TO DANSVILLE AIRPORT.

THE PILOT STATED IN HIS DEPOSITION TO NYS POLICE THAT HE BEGAN LOSING LIFT NEAR BATH, NY AND HAD THE AVOCA AIRSTRIP AS HIS PREARRANGED BACK UP PLAN IN CASE THAT HAPPENED. DUE TO THE LOSS OF LIFT AND ALTITUDE THE PILOT COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AVOCA AIRSTRIP AND ELECTED TO LAND IN THE FIELD ALONG INTERSTATE 390.

DURING THE LANDING THE PILOT STATES THAT THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND CAUSED THE NOSE OF THE GLIDER TO HIT THE GROUND.

THE PILOT RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT WRIST AND FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE.

THIS INSPECTOR REVIEWED THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK AND THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON 8/28/2014 AND THE AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME AT THE INSPECTION WAS 957.8 HOURS.

## 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 ERA14CA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA426), Sep 7, 2014: Schleicher ASW 19B (N31GF), Avoca, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt a return to his departure airport which resulted in the glider's encounter with atmospheric conditions where the lift was not sufficient to maintain flight and an…

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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