- Date
- April 27, 1980
- Place
- Milton, NY · MILTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5708SSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800427010759A
- Case key
- 130721
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0860 80/4/27 MILTON,NY SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N5708S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 48, 799 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 329 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARATOGA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILTON,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5708S
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Saratoga County
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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 N5708S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC84LA195Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSaratoga, NYGlider was on final approach in severe turblence. Acft drifted on final apch and plt used full control deflection with no effect. A collision with trees resulted. The plt said that the wind before takeoff was greater then 30 KTS from 360 degrees. The apch was…NTSB NYC75DFA14Accident · No injuriesClosedSaratoga Sprng, NY