# NTSB NYC82DNC08: Schleicher ASW-19, N79RC, Moultonboro, NH, April 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: April 25, 1982, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Moultonboro, NH
- Location: 43.7548° N, 71.3967° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moultonborough, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7548&lon=-71.3967&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71779
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DNC08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71779/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DNC08

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

SEVERAL WITNESSES SAW THE GLIDER CIRCLE OVER THE AIRPORT BEFORE IT CRASHED. ONE OF THE WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE GLIDER WAS ABOUT 50 TO 100 FT HIGH AND WAS COMING IN NORMALLY WHEN IT SUDDENLY NOSE-DIVED AND HEADED ALMOST VERTICALLY TOWARD THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND DID NOT RECALL ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N79RC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79RC-1982-08-06), registration cancelled 1982-08-06, S/N 19141 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-19
- Registry model: [Schleicher ASW-19](https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-19) (registry code 3801508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 19141
- Airframe hours: 253
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harvey Howell
- Registered owner: Harvey Howell
- Departed: PLYMOUTH, NH
- Destination: PLYMOUTH, NH
- Airport: Moultonboro Muni

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 400 total, 35 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 174 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820425010949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820425010949A), Apr 25, 1982: Schler ASW19, Moultonboro, NH, Destroyed. Glider was observed circling field and then crashing nose first into the ground.

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.

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