# Incident 20130525009439I: Schleicher ASW-20, California City, CA, May 25, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2013, 17:00 local time
- Place: California City, CA
- Airport: California City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1512° N, 118.0167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CALIFORNIA CITY MUNI (L71), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1512&lon=-118.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120PV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N120PV) (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: SCHLEICHER ASW-20
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,560 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130525009439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON SECOND FLIGHT IN TYPE. A PIO BEGAN WHEN THE PILOT ALLOWED THE NOSE TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY AND THE GLIDER BEGAN TO BOUNCE. THE ASW-20 HAS A CG TOW HOOK WHICH WAS BEING USED FOR AN AERO-TOW. IT DOES NOT HAVE NOSE HOOK SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N120PV (1)

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

- [Incident 19860817070019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860817070019I), Aug 17, 1986: Schler ASW20 (N120PV), Llano, CA, Minor damage. Glider pilot aborted takeoff when wing runner let go causing airraft to yaw. Pilot unable to avoid parked aircraft.

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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