# NTSB Accident SEA96LA147
> **Schleicher ASW-19** · 1996-07-05 · SALEM, UT, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA96LA147
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06364
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-07-05
- **Location:** SALEM, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.019157, -111.639511
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schleicher
- **Model:** ASW-19
- **Registration:** N19KH
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point during an off-airport landing.  Factors relating to the accident were: loss of thermal lift, high obstructions (transmission wires) near the edge of the field that the pilot chose to land, and a bale of hay and a fence at the far end of the field.

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