Schleicher ASW-15 N15DC

1 August 1976 · Claysburg, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 August 1976 at about 18:00 local time, a Schleicher ASW-15 registered N15DC was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Claysburg, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 August 1976 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Claysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schleicher ASW-15
Registration: N15DC
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Cumberland, Md → Julian, Pa
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3037

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT ALONG RIDGE, UNABLE TO STAYAIRBORN, LANDED IN TREE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3037, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Schleicher ASW-15 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Aug 1975	Schleicher ASW-15 N15FZ	Packwood, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
7 Jul 1973	Schleicher ASW-15 N88JM	Eagle, Idaho, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Oct 1971	Schleicher ASW-15 N8465	Marfa, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Aug 1970	Schleicher ASW-15 N291W	Chester, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
26 May 1982	Schleicher ASW-15 N77BZ	Plymouth, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Jonathan T. Mead	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1984	Schleicher ASW-15 N111SP	Fairfield, Pennsylvania, United States	-	No injuries	-

All 8 records for this type

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