# Accident 19790710015379A: Scwzer SGS232, Colorado Spring, CO, July 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Black Forest Glid
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2421W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2421W-2013-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (registry code 8050206, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS232
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTE57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790710015379A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT GLIDER PILOT MISJUDGED APPROACH TO LANDING. HIT TREES TURNING FINAL.

## 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 DEN79FTE57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE57), Jul 10, 1979: Schweizer SGS232 (N2421W), Colorado Spgs, CO, substantial damage

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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