# Accident 19800522018519A: Sphrth CIRRUS, Cababi Village, AZ, May 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Cababi Village, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N989E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N989E-1980-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS (registry code 38019VE, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-standard-cirrus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH CIRRUS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUJ63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800522018519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST LIFT OVER ROUGH TERRAIN. COMMITTED TO LAND. WING HIT TREE TURNING FINAL IN ATTEMMPT TO LAND UPHILL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX80DUJ63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ63), May 22, 1980: Schemp Cirrus (N989E), Gababi Vlg, AZ, destroyed

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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