# Incident 19940721030509I: Scwzer SGS134, Dansville, NY, July 21, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1994, 14:45 local time
- Place: Dansville, NY
- Airport: Dansville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5705° N, 77.7133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANSVILLE MUNI (DSV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5705&lon=-77.7133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7597, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7597) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 10 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940721030509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 24, 1994 AT 1445 EDT A SCHWIEZER SGS-134 ATTEMPTED A LANDING AT DSV ON RUNWAY ALTERNATE 14. THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE LANDING ZONE AND LANDED SHORT IN THE TREE TOPS. THE PILOT CLIMBED DOWN. THE GLIDER HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE TREE & DURING THIS TIME RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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