# Accident 19800810034619A: Scwzer SGS233A, Frankfort, KY, August 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: Frankfort, KY
- Airport: Capitol City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1950° N, 84.8659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1950&lon=-84.8659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17894, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17894-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 169 total, 137 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DLQ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLQ25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800810034619A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO RETRIEVE GLIDER OFF GOLF COURSE BY AERO TOW. PLANE ABORTED GLIDER. TRIED TO AVOID TREES. WING HIT GROUND.

## 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 ATL80DLQ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLQ25), Aug 10, 1980: Schweizer SGS233 (N17894), Frankfort, KY, destroyed

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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