Schleicher ASW-19 N437AS

10 September 1980 · Tyronne, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 September 1980 at about 08:50 local time, a Schleicher ASW-19 registered N437AS was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Tyronne, 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: 10 September 1980 at 08:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Tyronne, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schleicher ASW-19
Registration: N437AS
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Eagles Mere, Pa → Athens, Tn
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2378

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

PLT STATED-DID NOT RLS WTR BALLAST AT CORRECT TIME.

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 3-2378, 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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