Schleicher aircraft accidents

134 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Schleicher aircraft (1982–2026), with 26 people killed and 30 seriously injured. 18% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 46%, followed by aircraft or equipment (31%).
• Recorded accidents went from 5 in 1982 to 2 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Schleicher ASW-27, Middletown, CA (Nov 28, 2009) · 2 killed
2. Schleicher ALEXANDER, Littlefield, TX (Mar 30, 2013) · 2 killed
3. Schleicher ASW-20, Tulare, CA (Apr 15, 1982) · 1 killed
4. Schleicher ASW-20, Fairfield, PA (Apr 9, 1988) · 1 killed
5. Schleicher ASW-20, Middletown, CA (Sep 26, 1992) · 1 killed
6. Schleicher ASW-19B, Hamptonville, NC (Apr 9, 1998) · 1 killed
7. Schleicher ASW-20, Williams, CA (Apr 14, 2001) · 1 killed
8. Schleicher ASW-27B, Valyermo, CA (Jun 19, 2003) · 1 killed
9. Schleicher ASW-24E, Hood River, OR (Jul 28, 2003) · 1 killed
10. Schleicher ASW-20, Reno, NV (May 8, 2004) · 1 killed

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Other aircraft makers

• Cessna · 24,148 accidents
• Piper · 13,241 accidents
• Beech · 4,780 accidents
• Bell · 2,250 accidents
• Boeing · 1,579 accidents
• Robinson · 1,575 accidents
• Mooney · 1,237 accidents
• Grumman · 1,000 accidents
• Air Tractor · 932 accidents
• Bellanca · 918 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.