# Incident 19970713018129I: Scwzer SGS233, Dansville, NY, July 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1997, 14:01 local time
- Place: Dansville, NY
- Airport: Dansville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- 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: N2445W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2445W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33 (registry code 8051604, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 70 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970713018129I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 13, 1997 A SCHWEIZER 2-33 REGISTERED TO FINGER LAKES SOARING CLUB OF ROCHESTER, NY LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 32 AT DANSVILLE, NY. PIC STATED GLIDER EXPERIENCED AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE AND WAS UNABLE TO GAIN LIFT. GLIDER STRUCK HEDGES APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET TO THE EAST OF RUNWAY 32. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED. NO PERSONAL OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE TO REPLACE RIGHT WING AND RETURN GLIDER TO SERVICE. 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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