# Accident 19801130074429A: Scwzer SGS232, Boulder, CO, November 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5826V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5826V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (registry code 8050206, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS232
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 44 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801130074429A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER CRASHED WHEN PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING. PILOT CLAIMED DOWNDRAFT AND TURBULENCE.

## 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 DEN81FTE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE07), Nov 30, 1980: Schweizer SG5-2 (N5826V), Boulder, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5826V (2)

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

- [Accident 20090530007149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090530007149A), May 30, 2009: Scwzer SGS232 (N5826V), Warner Springs, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) PIC was conducting a glider sightseeing flight with two passengers in a Schweizer sailplane. While "ridge soaring", left wing struck tree line on ridge.…
- [Accident 19740901027599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740901027599A), Sep 1, 1974: Scwzer SGS232 (N5826V), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Misused speed brake.

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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