- Date
- November 24, 1979
- Place
- Terryville, CT · TERRYVILLE, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2930HSchweizer SGS233
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791124032939A
- Case key
- 133295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3546 79/11/24 TERRYVILLE,CT SCHWEIZER SGS233 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N2930H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRASS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERBURY,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2930H
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS233
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grass Field
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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.