# Accident 20130622012629A: Schleicher ASW-15, Navasota, TX, June 22, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Navasota, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3844° N, 96.1156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3844&lon=-96.1156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77VT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77VT-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schleicher ASW-15 (registry code 38015HZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-asw-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHLEICHER ASW-15
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA369) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130622012629A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 22, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 2319Z, THE PILOT OF N77TV, A SCHLEICHER ASW-15 GLIDER FAILED TO MAINTAIN THE AIRSPEED OF HIS GLIDER DURING APPROACH TO LANDING AT NAVASOTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (60R).  HE WAS CONDUCTING A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE VMC AND LIGHT WINDS FROM THE SOUTH. THE PILOT STATED WHILE ON THE BASE LEG FOR LANDING HE ALLOWED THE GLIDER TO SLOW TO 45 MILES PER HOUR, AND HE SAID HE SHOULD HAVE MAINTAINED 50 MILES PER HOUR, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.  WHEN THE PILOT DEPLOYED THE WING SPOILERS THE GLIDER IMMEDIATELY STALLED AND SPUN INTO THE GROUND AT AN ALMOST VERTICAL ANGLE.

THE GLIDER CARTWHEELED UPON IMPACT DESTROYING THE COCKPIT FORWARD OF THE PILOT?S SEAT AND BOTH WINGS. THE PILOT SUSTAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE LEFT ANKLE AND A FRACTURED LEFT WRIST.  THE REGISTRATION WAS CURRENT, THE AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WAS NOT LOCATED AT THE SCENE DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE COCKPIT AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS REVEALED THE LAST ANNUAL WAS COMPLETED ON APRIL 13, 2013 AND THE AIRCRAFT TT WAS 1493.7 AT THAT TIME.  THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF MECHANICAL ISSUES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN13LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA369), Jun 22, 2013: Schleicher ASW-15 (N77VT), Navasota, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent aerodynamic stall during the approach for landing.

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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