# Accident 20030316004739A: Schler ASW20, San Diego, CA, March 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Torry Pines Gliderport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8897° N, 117.2469° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8897&lon=-117.2469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31AP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31AP-2017-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-20 (registry code 3801506, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW20
- Pilot flight hours: 777 total, 419 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030316004739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ABORTED TAKEOFF DURING A "WINCH" LAUNCH. PILOT STATED THAT HE WINCH WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY WHICH FORCED HIM TO MAKE AN EARLY BREAK. PILOT ENDED UP MAKING A FORCED LANDING DUE TO LACK OF ALTITUDE AND FLYING SPEED. NO INJURIES. TALKED TO PILOT AND ALSO WINCH OPERATOR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO FAA VIOLATIONS.

## 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 LAX03LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA114), Mar 16, 2003: Schleicher ASW-20 (N31AP), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's use of an inadequate climb attitude during takeoff resulting in the proper climb rate not being established.

## Other reports on N31AP (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050703015259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050703015259A), Jul 3, 2005: Schler ASW20 (N31AP), Bishop, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On July 3, 2005, about 1530 pacific daylight time, a schliecher ASW-20 glider, N31AP, collided with mountainous terrain in the inyo national park, about…
- [Accident 19910406023219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910406023219A), Apr 6, 1991: Schler ASW20 (N31AP), Julian, CA, Substantial damage. On glider tow wind blew glider to edge of runway. Wing caught bushes. Tow rope broke. Glider towplane left runway.

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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