- Date
- September 6, 1976
- Place
- Ithaca, NY · ITHACA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17870Schweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760906029479A
- Case key
- 155699
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3188 76/9/6 ITHACA,NY SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE,FL.INSTR., AGE TIME - 1400 N17870 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 52, 2500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRUND FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ITHACA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR TURBULENCE. WIND GUSTING TO 18KTS. NO DAMAGE TO GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17870
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Grund Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N17870 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB BFO93LA095Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJohnson City, NYImproper planning/decision by the flight crew. Factors related to the accident were: the downdraft on final approach, the terrain conditions (cliff & obstructions) near the approach end of the runway, and the lack of relative experience for each of the pilots.NTSB NYC79FFJ29Accident · Serious injuriesClosedIthaca, NY