# Accident 19810503021479A: Scwzer SGS233A, New Braintree, MA, May 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: New Braintree, MA
- Airport: Hiller
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3168° N, 72.1259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Braintree, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3168&lon=-72.1259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5765S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5765S-2013-08-08) (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: 265 total, 101 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FNE17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNE17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810503021479A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR DELAYED IN TAING CONTROL AND GLIDER CRASHED SHORT OF LANDING RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC81FNE17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNE17), May 3, 1981: Schweizer 2-33A (N5765S), New Braintree, MA, substantial damage

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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