# Accident 19871024074859A: Scwzer SGS233A, Mansfield, MA, October 24, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1987, 12:45 local time
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Airport: Mansfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0009° N, 71.1980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD MUNI (1B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0009&lon=-71.1980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5775S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5775S-1999-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 462 total, 19 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871024074859A

## Narrative

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

BECAME TOO LOW IN PATTERN. SETTLED IN TREES OFF AIRPORT. CFI BLAMED GUST, CAUSING GLIDER TO VEER AWAY FROM AIRPORT.

## 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 NYC88LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA014), Oct 24, 1987: Schweizer SGS-2-33A (N5775S), Mansfield, 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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