# Accident 19831027057939A: Scwzer SGS134, North Conway, NH, October 27, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1983, 13:00 local time
- Place: North Conway, NH
- Airport: White Mountain
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0200° N, 71.1100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at White Mountain Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0200&lon=-71.1100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7629, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7629-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (registry code 8050146, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS134
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 35 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831027057939A

## Narrative

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

DURING RIDGE SOARING FLIGHT, GLIDER LOST LIFT AND CRASHED INTO TREES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA.

## 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 NYC84LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA014), Oct 27, 1983: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (N7629), North Conway, NH, 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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