# NTSB DEN81FTE09: Schweizer SGS1, N65912, Colorado Sprgs, CO, December 5, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 5, 1980
- Place: Colorado Sprgs, CO · COLORADO SPRGS, CO
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127531
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN81FTE09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3635   80/12/5   COLORADO SPRGS,CO   SCHWEIZER SGS1      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 87 TOTAL
        TIME - 1005                    N65912              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BLK FOREST GLDPRT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COLORADO SPRGS,CO           LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65912](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65912-1989-09-05), registration cancelled 1989-09-05, S/N 84 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS1
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-34](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (registry code 8050146) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Blk Forest Gldprt

## 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 19801205071529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801205071529A), Dec 5, 1980: Scwzer SGS134, Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. Low turning final. Wing hit trees. Unskilled in type. Strong surface wind.

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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