# Accident 19960824023969A: Szd SZD551, Franconia, NH, August 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1996, 14:50 local time
- Place: Franconia, NH
- Airport: Franconia Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1960° N, 71.7507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANCONIA (1B5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1960&lon=-71.7507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N591SZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N591SZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-59 (registry code 8821649, https://openairdocs.org/model/pdps-pzl-bielsko-szd-59) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SZD SZD551
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 191 total, 20 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960824023969A

## Narrative

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

NOTICED SQUAL LINE APPROACHING AIRPORT. TRIED FOR RUNWAY, HEAVY RAIN OBSCURED VISION. STRUCK TREES CIRCLING TO LAND

## 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 NYC96LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA172), Aug 24, 1996: Pzl-Bielsko SZD-59 (N591SZ), Franconia, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged altitude and distance which resulted in the collision with trees short of the runway.

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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