# Accident 19800605023249A: Scwzer SGS135, Matamoras, PA, June 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Matamoras, PA
- Airport: Matamoras
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3666° N, 74.6997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Matamoras, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3666&lon=-74.6997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2878H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2878H-2022-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-35 (registry code 8050148, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 595 total, 320 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80DHM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DHM20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800605023249A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST PICK UP WING ON LIFT-OFF.DURING GLIDER TOW, OTHER WING HIT GROUND. CARTWHEELED.

## 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 NYC80DHM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DHM20), Jun 5, 1980: Schweizer SGS135 (N2878H), Matamoras, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2878H (1)

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

- [Accident 20210606014829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210606014829A), Jun 6, 2021: Schweizer SGS 1-35 (N2878H), Wurtsboro, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Glider N2878H was under tow on climb out from runway 23 at N82, at approximately 200FT AGL the glider disconnected from the tow plane and began a descending…

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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