# NTSB investigations: Schleicher ASW-20, TX

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 CEN15LA376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA376.md): Schleicher ASW 20 · Hempstead, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 2015 · N878S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines during an attempted off-airport landing.
- [NTSB FTW97LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA288.md): Schleicher ASW-20 · Briggs, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1997 · N37VV · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the high vegetation on the side of the runway.
- [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…

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3801506'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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