Schleicher ASW-15 N77VT
22 June 2013 · Navasota, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 22 June 2013 at about 23:00 local time, a Schleicher ASW-15 registered N77VT was involved in an accident near Navasota, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Navasota, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Navasota Municipal (60R)
- Coordinates
- 30.3844, -96.1156
- Aircraft
- Schleicher ASW-15
- Registration
- N77VT
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Waller → Waller
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN13LA369
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
An inadvertent aerodynamic stall during the approach for landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that the glider lost lift during the final leg of a cross-country flight. He chose to divert to a nearby airport to land; however, he subsequently realized that he would not be able to reach that airport, so he attempted to land in an open field. The pilot stated that, when he extended the spoilers at an indicated airspeed of 45 mph on the base leg of the approach, the glider inadvertently stalled and impacted terrain. He reported no preaccident failures or malfunctions with the glider that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the pilot deployed the spoilers with insufficient airspeed during the approach for landing, which resulted in the aerodynamic stall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Schleicher ASW-15 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 1984 | Schleicher ASW-15 | Fairfield, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 May 1982 | Schleicher ASW-15 | Plymouth, Connecticut, United States | Jonathan T. Mead | No injuries | - |
| 1 Aug 1976 | Schleicher ASW-15 | Claysburg, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1975 | Schleicher ASW-15 | Packwood, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 1973 | Schleicher ASW-15 | Eagle, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Oct 1971 | Schleicher ASW-15 | Marfa, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 2013 | Piper PA-30 | Amarillo, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Sep 2013 | Barrow ROSE PARRAKEET | Castroville, Texas, United States | Timothy Barrow | No injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 2013 | North American-Medore SNJ-4 | Garden City, Texas, United States | BP Residential LLC | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jun 2013 | Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | Grand Prairie, Texas, United States | CFS Air LLC | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Apr 2013 | Piper PA-32-301 | Paris, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 2013 | Enstrom F-28A | Danbury, Texas, United States | Salaika Aviation LLC | Serious injuries | - |