# NTSB ATL80DLQ25: Schweizer SGS233, N17894, Frankfort, KY, August 10, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 10, 1980
- Place: Frankfort, KY · FRANKFORT, KY
- Location: 38.1950° N, 84.8659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1950&lon=-84.8659&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129116
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL80DLQ25
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLQ25

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2397  80/8/10    FRANKFORT,KY        SCHWEIZER SGS233    CR-  0  1  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 169
        TIME - 1730                    N17894              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 138 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITOL CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FRANKFORT,KY                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- ATMTD AERO TOW OFF 1700FT CLR AREA OF GOLF COURSE.TOW PLANE ABORTED.WING HIT GND,TURNING BTN TREES
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N17894](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17894-2012-08-13), registration cancelled 2012-08-13, S/N 274, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS233
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (registry code 8051606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Capitol City

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800810034619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800810034619A), Aug 10, 1980: Scwzer SGS233A, Frankfort, KY, Destroyed. Tried to retrieve glider off golf course by aero tow. Plane aborted glider. Tried to avoid trees. Wing hit ground.

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.

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