Date:	Sunday 17 August 1975
Time:	13:35 LT
Type:	Schleicher ASW 15B
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N15FZ
MSN:	15253
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Packwood, Washington -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Packwood, WA
Destination airport:	Packwood, WA
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Schleicher ASW 15B N15FZ: Written off (destroyed) 17 August 1975 when stalled and spun into the ground near Packwood, Washington. The 27-year-old Pilot - the sole person on board - was injured but survived. According to the NTSB Final Report into the incident: "Stalled and spun into ground, pilot in command failed to obtain and/or maintrain flying speed"

Although the NTSB Report noted that this glider was "destroyed", other sources state that N15FZ was later rebuilt and re-registered in Canada as C-FHQX. This glider was later returned to the US in the 1980s, and took up US registration N87JH. The FAA registration document shows the same c/no. 15253. Schleicher ASW 15B N87JH had this registration cancelled on 8 March 1990

1. NTSB Identification: SEA76DYE11: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=49414&key=0
2. FAA: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=15FZ
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/asw15.htm
4. https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=87JH

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
28-Sep-2020 23:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]