# Accident 19800531017789A: Szd SZD41A, Lemont, IL, May 31, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lemont, IL
- Airport: Lemont Aero
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6673° N, 87.9844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lemont, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6673&lon=-87.9844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SZD SZD41A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 51 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEE25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800531017789A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER PILOT STALLED ON FINAL APPROACH AND SPUN IN.

## 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 CHI80DEE25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE25), May 31, 1980: S.Z.D. Jantar (N62AS), Lemont, IL, 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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