# NTSB Accident CHI04CA090
> **Schleicher ASW-20** · 2004-03-28 · Yoder, KS, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04CA090
- **Event ID:** 20040402X00417
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-03-28
- **Location:** Yoder, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.926387, -97.906112
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schleicher
- **Model:** ASW-20
- **Registration:** N232EM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 0
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to secure the elevator Louis L'Hotellier connector with a safety pin or wire as directed in several airworthiness directives and his inadequate preflight inspection of the sailplane, both of which resulted in the in-flight loss of elevator control due to the inadvertent disengagement of the elevator Louis L'Hotellier connector.

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