# Accident 20121129025479A: Schweizer SGS 2-32, Goldhill, CO, November 29, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2012, 12:56 local time
- Place: Goldhill, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0633° N, 105.4558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0633&lon=-105.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9929J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9929J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (registry code 8050206, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 2-32
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,400 total, 1 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121129025479A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/29/2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1256 HRS. MST, N9929J, A SCHWEIZER MODEL SGS2-32 GLIDER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER IMPACTING TERRAIN NEAR GOLDHILL, CO.  THE FRONT SEAT PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WHILE THE BACKSEAT PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 CEN13CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA079), Nov 29, 2012: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (N9929J), Boulder, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider pilot's inability to locate an area of thermal lift.

## Other reports on N9929J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890719042729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890719042729I), Jul 19, 1989: Scwzer SGS232 (N9929J), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Lost control on landing with quartering tail wind. Turned off at high speed. Hit light box. Damaged wing.

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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