# Accident 20051102028109A: Schler ASH26E, Sparks, NV, November 2, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2005, 09:42 local time
- Place: Sparks, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5714° N, 119.7208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5714&lon=-119.7208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26XL-2007-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher Alexander ASH 26 E (registry code 05624RU, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-alexander-ash-26-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASH26E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051102028109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE GLIDER SOARING IN VMC AT APPROXIMATELY 20,000FT. MSL, NEAR A LENTICULAR CLOUD, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT FROST WAS FORMING IN THE TOP OF THE CANOPY OF THE GLIDER. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO WIPE THE FROST FROM THE TOP OF THE INSIDE OF THE CANOPY HE DISCOVERED THAT THE SITUATION CHANGED AND THAT IT WAS NOT FROST BUT A CLOUD FORMING ABOVE THE GLIDER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TURNED ON HIS TURN & BANK INDICATOR, BUT THAT DUE TO COLD SOAKING, THE INSTRUMENT SPOOLED UP SLOWLY AND WAS NOT RELIABLE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS GLIDER WAS LIFTED INTO THE CLOUD AND WITHOUT THE TURN AND BANK, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BROKE UP, AND THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT BROKE UP, HE EXITED THE GLIDER AND PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND.

## 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 LAX06LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA024), Nov 2, 2005: Schleicher ASH 26 E (N26XL), Sparks, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in a subsequent loss of control and an in-flight breakup. A contributing factor was the spool up delay for the…

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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