- Date
- May 24, 1979
- Place
- Castroville, TX · CASTROVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N438ASSchleicher ASW-19
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790524011329A
- Case key
- 136184
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1089 79/5/24 CASTROVILLE,TX SCHLEICHER ASW-19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1423 N438AS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASTROVILLE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PIC SWITCHED TO ANOTHER FIELD DUE TO COWS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N438AS
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-19
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N438ASRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 2018 · Schleicher ASW-19Airframe modelSchleicher ASW-19Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N438AS · 1
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