Schleicher ASW-15 N88JM

7 July 1973 · Eagle, Idaho, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 7 July 1973 at about 17:18 local time, a Schleicher ASW-15 registered N88JM was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Eagle, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 July 1973 at 17:18
Classification: Accident
Location: Eagle, Idaho, United States
Nearest airport: Terteling Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schleicher ASW-15
Registration: N88JM
Category: Glider
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2732

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	0

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.

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NOT GLIDER RATED.

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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 3-2732, 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	-
23 Oct 1971	Schleicher ASW-15 N8465	Marfa, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Aug 1976	Schleicher ASW-15 N15DC	Claysburg, Pennsylvania, 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	-

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14 Apr 1973	Cessna 172 N2692U	Bristol, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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25 Mar 1973	Lake LA-4 N455	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	US Dept of INT	No injuries	-

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