# Accident 20150603009769A: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18E, Lamy, NM, June 3, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2015, 14:45 local time
- Place: Lamy, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4811° N, 105.8561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4811&lon=-105.8561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297JS-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18 E (registry code 3801541, https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-schleicher-asw-27-18-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Solo 2350 series (registry code 58107, https://openairdocs.org/engine/solo-2350-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER ASW 27-18E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,703 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150603009769A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 3, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 MDT, AN ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER ASW27-18E GLIDER, N297JS, COLLLIDED WITH THE GROUND APPPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SSE OF LAMEY, NM WHILE ON A PERSONNEL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MORIARTY, NM (0E0) TO LAMEY, NM (THE TURN AROUND POINT) TO MORIARTY, NM. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORIARTY, NM AT APPROXIMATELY 1307 MDT.

## 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 CEN15LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA253), Jun 3, 2015: Schleicher ASW27 - 18E (N297JS), Lamy, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of glider control for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence and the glider’s severe fragmentation.

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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