# Incident 20170423015009I: Schleicher ASK-21, Birchwood, AK, April 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2017, 15:20 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4053° N, 149.4689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birchwood, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4053&lon=-149.4689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N621CP) (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: SCHLEICHER ASK-21
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,864 total, 303 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170423015009I

## Narrative

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

CONDUCTING GLIDER TRAINING (EARLY RETURNS), LANDED IN CLEAR GRASSY AREA AFTER INTENTIONALLY DISENGAGING THE TOW ROPE TOO SOON

## Other reports on N621CP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070609010899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070609010899A), Jun 9, 2007: Schler ASK21 (N621CP), Clear, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) This accident occurred during an airforce funded cadet training exercise. By definition an airforce mission (#A-20). The glider landed short of rwy 01 on…

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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