# Incident 19801115079759I: Scwzer SGS233, Elmira, NY, November 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Harris Hill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1209° N, 76.9011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIS HILL (4NY8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1209&lon=-76.9011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17903, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17903) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33B (registry code 8051607, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801115079759I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT MADE HARD LANDING, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N17903 (1)

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

- [Accident 20231028020039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231028020039A), Oct 28, 2023: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N17903), Elmira, NY, Substantial damage. On October 28, 2023, at 1600, a 1973 Schweizer glider model SGS-2-23A operated by an instroctor pilot returned to land at Harris Hill gliderport (4NY8) in…

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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