- Date
- September 15, 1979
- Place
- Ithaca, NY · ITHACA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17870Schweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790915026169A
- Case key
- 133234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3575 79/9/15 ITHACA,NY SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 134 TIME - 1600 N17870 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ITHACA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- GLIDER SINGLE WHEEL.L WING CAUGHT HIGH WEEDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17870
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
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 NYC76DFJ33Accident · Serious injuriesClosedIthaca, NY