# NTSB NYC68F0135: Schweizer SGU222, N2737Z, Dansville, NY, August 13, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 13, 1967
- Place: Dansville, NY · DANSVILLE, NY
- Location: 42.5625° N, 77.6969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dansville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5625&lon=-77.6969&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115148
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC68F0135
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68F0135

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2710  67/8/13    DANSVILLE, NY       SCHWEIZER SGU222    CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 44, 18 TOTAL
        TIME - 1515                    N2737Z              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DANSVILLE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: SPECTATOR
        REMARKS- PLT MADE LOW ALTITUDE TURN TO AVOID SPECTATORS NEAR LANDING AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2737Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2737Z-1970-06-08), registration cancelled 1970-06-08, S/N 184 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGU222
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGU 2-22E](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgu-2-22e) (registry code 8050612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Dansville

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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