# NTSB Accident CHI95LA228
> **REED RS15** · 1995-07-18 · AMES, IA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI95LA228
- **Event ID:** 20001207X03901
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1995-07-18
- **Location:** AMES, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.019821, -93.620452
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** REED
- **Model:** RS15
- **Registration:** N964
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The glider pilot's inadequate preflight of the glider by failing to properly secure a push-pull tube to the glider's right ruddervator; and failure of both the glider pilot and the tow pilot to release the tow rope, which led to a stall of the tow airplane.

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