# Accident 20091128023109A: Schler ASW27, Middletown, CA, November 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Middletown, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7597° N, 122.5572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7597&lon=-122.5572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127AL-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-27 (registry code 3801501, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLER ASW27
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 0 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091128023109A

## Narrative

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

MIDAIR COLLISION BETWEEN TOW PLANE PA 25-235, N7023Z AND GLIDER ASW-27, N127AL WHILE TURNING ONTO FINAL APPROACH.  GLIDER WAS IN RIGHT TRAFFIC AND TOW PLANE WAS IN LEFT TRAFFIC.  BOTH WERE WINGS UP WHEN COLLISION OCCURRED.  TOW PLANE RIGHT WING UP AND GLIDER LEFT WING UP.  AIRPORT IS PRIVATE GLIDER PORT NAMED CRAZY CREEK GLIDER PORT IT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2.5 NM EAST NORTH EAST OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN, CA 95461.  TOW PLANE AND GLIDER PILOT HAD CONVERSATION REGARDING UPCOMING FLIGHT AS THEY WERE ASSEMBLING THE GLIDER.  THIS WAS A PLANNED GLIDER PRACTICE FLIGHT TO CAPTURE WAVE ACTIVITIES DUE TO NORTHERLY WIND FLOW.  ONLY THE GLIDER WAS EQUIPPED WITH A TWO WAY RADIO.

## 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 WPR10FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA068), Nov 28, 2009: Schleicher ASW-27 (N127AL), Middletown, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to yield right of way to the glider.

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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