- Date
- July 8, 1984, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfield, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N111SPSchleicher ASW-15
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708033619A
- Case key
- 35703
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The glider was landed off arpt during a return from a round robin flt after experiencing a high sink rate. During the landing approach power lines hidden in a tree line were not cleared and the collision caused the acft to yaw about 45 degrees. The acft landed in this yawed condition which resulted in damage to the airframe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111SP
- Reported as
- Schleicher ASW-15
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 15061
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter W. Bogie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1984 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- Fairfield, PA
- Airport
- Fairfield
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.