- Date
- March 18, 1986, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N49946Centrair Schleicher ASW-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860318006979A
- Case key
- 25095
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt elected to abort the takeoff because the acft was veering off the rwy. After release from the tow plane the acft wing tip struck a bush causing the afct to ground loop. The plt reported that the winds at the time of the accident were from 200 deg at 5 KTS gusting to 10 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49946
- Reported as
- Centrair Schleicher ASW-20 (SCHLEICHER)
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 20121
- Engine
- unknown UNK, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arnold F. Jurn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- APT · Phoenix, AZ
- Airport
- 10 · Turf Airport, runway 25, 4,000 × 105 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 130 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDL, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.