# Accident 19810728045759A: Schler ASW19, California City, CA, July 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1981, 13:40 local time
- Place: California City, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1258° N, 117.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of California City, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1258&lon=-117.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59RA-1984-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-19 (registry code 3801508, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810728045759A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX81FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA111), Jul 28, 1981: Schleicher ASW-19 (N59RA), California Cty, CA, 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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