# Accident 19800715026279A: Amtrsc SCHLEICHERK8, Hobbs, NM, July 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1980, 13:15 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7305° N, 103.1614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hobbs, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7305&lon=-103.1614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56MW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSC SCHLEICHERK8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,291 total, 110 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800715026279A

## Narrative

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

SAILPLANE ENTERED STEEP SPIRAL DIVE. NO RECOVERY. POSSIBLE HEAT PROSTATION PROBLEM.

## 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 FTW80FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA091), Jul 15, 1980: Schleicher ASW-20 (N56MW), Hobbs, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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