# Accident 19880702025339A: Scwzer SGS123H, Hammonton, NJ, July 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1988, 15:31 local time
- Place: Hammonton, NJ
- Airport: Hammonton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6675° N, 74.7577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMMONTON MUNI (N81), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6675&lon=-74.7577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8619R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8619R-1989-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15 (registry code 8050112, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-23h-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS123H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88DHD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88DHD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880702025339A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER BECAME TOO LOW IN PATTERN FOR LANDING. TRIED TO STRETCH GLIDE.STALLED,SPUN AND PARTIAL RECOVERY PRIOR IMPACT

## 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 NYC88DHD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88DHD03), Jul 2, 1988: Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15 (N8619R), Hammonton, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: THE GLIDER PILOT'S FAILURE TO AVOID THE STALL/SPIN ENCOUNTERED DURING LOW ALTITUDE OPERATION IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.

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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