# Accident 19810503022109A: Scwzer SGS135, Blairstown, NJ, May 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1981, 13:20 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9873° N, 74.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blairstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9873&lon=-74.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2705H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2705H-1982-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-35C (registry code 8050151, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 17 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81DHA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810503022109A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER PILOT RELEASED TOW BECAUSE OF TURBULENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF AND CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC81DHA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHA12), May 3, 1981: Schweizer 1-35C (N2705H), Blairstown, NJ, 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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