# Accident 20070129000879A: Scwzer SGS232, Bath, PA, January 29, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2007, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bath, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8078° N, 75.3967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8078&lon=-75.3967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32BM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS232
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070129000879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED BLAIRSTOWN, NJ AIRPORT (1N7) IN A GLIDER AT 1430 LOCAL TIME AND WERE TOWED TO THE APALACHIAN RIDGE IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AFTER APPROX 30 MINUTES OF FLYING, THE RIDGE LIFT DISSIPATED AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD BUT THE GLIDER'S LEFT WING HIT A TREE AND GLIDER CRASHED INTO FIELD. PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND GLIDER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 NYC07CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA060), Jan 29, 2007: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (N32BM), Bath, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged altitude/distance while on approach, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees during an off airport landing. A factor in the accident was the loss of lift.

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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