# Incident 20070515015249I: Scwzer SGS233A, Endicott, NY, May 15, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2007, 12:29 local time
- Place: Endicott, NY
- Airport: Tri-Cities
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0785° N, 76.0963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (CZG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0785&lon=-76.0963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17960, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17960) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 350 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070515015249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TUESDAY, 5/16/2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1229 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLYING N17960, A SCHWEIZER MODEL SGS-2-33A GLIDER, LANDED ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER NEXT TO THE TRI-CITIES AIRPORT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, WHILE BEING TOWED BY A BELLANCA N8579 MODEL 7GCBC, THE PILOT OF THE BELLANCA EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH GAINING ALTITUDE. THE PILOT OF THE BELLANCA ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE THE GLIDER SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF. AFTER BELIEVING HE HAD RELEASED THE GLIDER, THE PILOT TURNED LEFT OVER THE RIVER, PART WAY DOWN THE RIVER, THE PILOT FELT THE GLIDER WAS STILL ATTACHED. HE THEN RELEASED THE GLIDER OVER THE RIVER AND THE GLIDER LANDED IN THE RIVER AND CAME TO A REST ALONG THE SHORELINE BANK. THE GLIDER WAS SUBMERGED WITH JUST THE TOP OF THE WINGS, TAIL AND CANOPY ABOVE WATER. A VISUAL LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IN THE WATER INDICATED THE DIVE BRAKES WERE EXTENDED. BOTH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER HAD NO INJURIES. WEATHER WAS VFR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE ACCIDENTALLY TOOK OFF WITH THE DIVE BRAKES EXTENDED. ON 5/22/07, FAA INSPECTORS EXAMINED THE GLIDER AND FOUND ONLY MINOR TEARING OF FABRIC. THE GLIDER WILL BE REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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