# Accident 19810414032249A: Scwzer SGS1*, Calistoga, CA, April 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1981, 12:30 local time
- Place: Calistoga, CA
- Airport: Soring Center
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5814° N, 122.5827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Calistoga, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5814&lon=-122.5827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3616C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3616C-1984-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-36 (registry code 8050153, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS1*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810414032249A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT GLIDER PILOT MISREAD ALTIMETER & THEN REALIZED MISTAKE. STALLED TRYING TO STRETCH GLIDE.

## 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 LAX81DVG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG25), Apr 14, 1981: Schweizer SGS136 (N3616C), Calistoga, CA, 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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