44.2842° N, 73.9864° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Placid, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 28, 1980 · 12:20 local
Place
Lake Placid, NY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGUDE
Reported as
Amtrbr HP14BRYAN
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,837 total301 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Glider hit turbulence over mountain ridge and spun into ground.
As the FAA filed it
GLIDER HIT TURBULENCE OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGE AND SPUN INTO GROUND.