# Accident 19760906029479A: Scwzer SGS233A, Ithaca, NY, September 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1976
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Grund Field
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.4473° N, 76.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRUND FLD (NY55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4473&lon=-76.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17870, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17870-1994-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76DFJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DFJ33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760906029479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR TURBULENCE. WIND GUSTING TO 18KTS. NO DAMAGE TO GLIDER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC76DFJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DFJ33), Sep 6, 1976: Schweizer SGS233 (N17870), Ithaca, NY, no damage

## Other reports on N17870 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930521015189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930521015189A), May 21, 1993: Scwzer SGS233A (N17870), Binghamton, NY, Substantial damage. High sink rate on final after tow release. Unable runway. Banked to miss trees. Wing hit ground glider, cartwheeled.
- [Accident 19790915026169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790915026169A), Sep 15, 1979: Scwzer SGS233A (N17870), Mecklenburg, NY, Substantial damage. Glider pilot released tow on takeoff and attempted emergency landing. Crashed intall grass on unsuitable terrain.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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