Friday, June 12, 2015

NTSB: On June 3, 2015 about 1230 mountain daylight time, A Schleicher ASW 27-18E glider, N297JS, was destroyed when it impacted terrain about 1.5 miles east of Lamy, New Mexico, killing the pilot

NTSB Identification: CEN15LA253
 

14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
 
Accident occurred Wednesday, June 03, 2015 in Lamy, NM
 
Aircraft: SCHLEICHER ASW27 - 18E, registration: N297JS
 
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
 

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On June 3, 2015 about 1230 mountain daylight time, A Schleicher ASW 27-18E glider, N297JS, was destroyed when it impacted terrain about 1.5 miles east of Lamy, New Mexico, under unknown circumstances. 
The private pilot was fatally injured. 
The glider was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. 
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operated on a flight plan. The flight originated from Moriarty Airport, Moriarty, New Mexico, at an unconfirmed time.