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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Schler ASW-19 · California City, CA · July 28, 1981

Date
July 28, 1981 · 13:40 local
Place
California City, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N59RA
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FA111
Reported as
Schler ASW19
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total50 in this make and model63 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Glider entered left spin and crashed into ground after right horizontal stabilizer failed in flight.

As the FAA filed it

GLIDER ENTERED LEFT SPIN AND CRASHED INTO GROUND AFTER RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER FAILED IN FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.