# Accident 19810125001639A: Schler ASW20, Bay St Louis, MS, January 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1981, 12:15 local time
- Place: Bay St Louis, MS
- Airport: Stennis International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3678° N, 89.4546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STENNIS INTL (HSA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3678&lon=-89.4546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N621AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-20L (registry code 3801503, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-20l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 946 total, 283 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125001639A

## Narrative

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

SAILPLANE WAS OBSERVED SPIRALING INTO THE GROUND AFTER ENTERING TRAFFIC PATTERN. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION.

## 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 ATL81FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA036), Jan 25, 1981: Schleicher ASW-20 (N621AS), Bay St Louis, MS, 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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