# N77VT: 1969 Schleicher ASW-15, registration cancelled 2013-07-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 29, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schleicher ASW-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-15) (registry code 38015HZ)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G22EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G22EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 15032
- Year built: 1969
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: June 16, 1972
- Certificate issued: March 6, 2006
- Last registry action: May 15, 2013
- Mode S code: AA689B
- Owners when cancelled: [Sortino Anthony T](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SORTINO%20ANTHONY%20T), [Scott Wendell A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCOTT%20WENDELL%20A)
- Location: [Tomball, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Tomball)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 30.0947° N, 95.5862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77375, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77VT
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=77VT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77VT-2013-07-29

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Schleicher ASW-15: https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-15.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA369), Jun 22, 2013: Schleicher ASW-15 (N77VT), Navasota, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent aerodynamic stall during the approach for landing.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20130622012629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130622012629A), Jun 22, 2013: Schleicher ASW-15 (N77VT), Navasota, TX, Destroyed. On June 22, 2013, at approximately 2319Z, the pilot of N77TV, a Schleicher ASW-15 glider failed to maintain the airspeed of his glider during approach to…

## Other aircraft with N77VT

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77VT): Dombroski VANS RV-8, S/N 83292, built 2020

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