# Accident 19820905043901A: Sphrth VENTUSA, California City, CA, September 5, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1982, 14:12 local time
- Place: California City, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N214T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH VENTUSA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA335) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820905043901A

## Narrative

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

OVERTOOK FROM UNDERNEATH AND COLLIDED WITH N44M. BOTH GLIDERS CIRCLING IN A THERMAL WITH OTHERS. HAD TO BAIL OUT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N44MA, Schler ASW20: [Accident 19820905043902A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820905043902A)

## 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 LAX82DA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA335), Sep 5, 1982: Schempp-Hirth Ventus (N214T), California City, 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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