ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277458
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| Date: | Saturday 16 April 2022 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW-19B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N19KW |
| MSN: | 19410 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1502 hours |
| Engine model: | None |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Herlong Recreational Airport (HEG/KHEG), Jacksonville, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jacksonville-Herlong Airport, FL (KHEG) |
| Jacksonville-Herlong Airport, FL (KHEG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On April 16, 2022, about 1315 eastern daylight time, a Schleicher ASW-19B glider, N19KW, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, Florida. The private pilot was fatally injured. The glider was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
Shortly after the tow airplane and the glider became airborne, the pilot of the glider released from the tow plane about 200 ft above ground level, then entered a left turn back toward the runway, during which the glider impacted terrain. Witnesses to the accident described the glider’s takeoff as “abnormal” and “erratic” and reported that the glider climbed above the tow plane twice before the glider pilot released from tow.
Postaccident examination of the glider revealed that the elevator control was not connected as required by preflight assembly procedures, which would have resulted in the pilot’s inability to control the glider’s pitch attitude. According to the tow pilot, the glider pilot had assembled the glider by himself (as he had done many times before) on the morning of the accident. It is likely that, had the pilot completed a positive control check after assembly, he would have identified the disconnected elevator control.
Toxicology testing identified two sedating drugs, cetirizine (Zyrtec) and trazodone (an antidepressant), in the pilot’s cavity blood and urine; however, the pilot’s use of these medications most likely did not contribute to the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper preflight assembly of the glider’s elevator control, which resulted in a loss of control on takeoff, and the pilot’s failure to complete a positive control check before the flight, which would have identified the disconnected elevator control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2022/04/16/one-person-dies-jacksonville-aircraft-crash-saturday-afterboon/7343932001/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/aviation-expert-says-fatal-crash-at-herlong-airport-could-have-been-caused-by-mechanical-issues/ar-AAWilPR?li=BBnb7Kz
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104950
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N19KW
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2022 20:05 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Apr-2022 14:00 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 18-Apr-2022 13:32 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2022 17:57 | Anon. | Updated [Nature] |
| 19-Apr-2022 02:13 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2022 16:48 | Anon. | Updated [Nature] |
| 07-May-2022 01:39 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Oct-2023 00:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [[Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
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