# NTSB investigations: Schleicher ASW-20: Loss of control - in flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB NYC87LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA163.md): Schweizer ASW-20 · Middletown, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1987 · N98TX · Destroyed
  > The glider pilot failed to hook up the elevator control cable before launch and during takeoff there was no pitch control. The aircraft pitched up uncontrollably overstressing the rope. The rope broke and the glider impacted hard on a road bouncing 150 feet…
- [NTSB FTW86FRG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FRG30.md): Schleicher ASW-20 · Uvalde, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 4, 1986 · N20TS · Destroyed
  > Acft was competing in the natl soaring championships and had just crossed the finish line at 50' AGL and 85 kns a/s when it entered a maneuver to reverse direction and climb to pattern alt for landing. During the turn the acft stalled and struck a power line…
- [NTSB LAX86LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA144.md): Centrair Schleicher ASW-20 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 18, 1986 · N49946 · Substantial damage
  > The plt elected to abort the takeoff because the acft was veering off the rwy. After release from the tow plane the acft wing tip struck a bush causing the afct to ground loop. The plt reported that the winds at the time of the accident were from 200 deg at 5…
- [NTSB LAX83LVG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LVG02.md): Schleicher ASW-20 · Calistoga, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Nov 6, 1982 · N3682 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he forgot to connect the elevator control when he assembled the glider for the flight. He also stated that he did not become aware of this situation until he tried to use the control during takeoff. The aircraft crashed in a nose down…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3801506')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3801506&occurrence=250

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