# NTSB NYC80FGT01: Schweizer SGS135, N34182, Port Matilda, PA, October 14, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 14, 1979
- Place: Port Matilda, PA · PORT MATILDA, PA
- Location: 40.8000° N, 78.0526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Matilda, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8000&lon=-78.0526&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 26, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133336
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC80FGT01
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGT01

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3601  79/10/14   PORT MATILDA,PA     SCHWEIZER SGS135    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 22, 260
        TIME - 0715                    N34182              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JULIAN,PA                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- PLT TURNING TOWARDS FIELD AT BASE OF MTN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N34182](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34182-2017-04-07), registration cancelled 2017-04-07, S/N 32, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS135
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-35](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35) (registry code 8050148) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

## 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 19791014029169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791014029169A), Oct 14, 1979: Scwzer SGS135, Port Matilda, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot was ridge soaring. Wing tip hit a tree causing glider to crash into trees.

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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