- Date
- August 23, 1981
- Place
- Plymouth, CT · PLYMOUTH, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8632RSchweizer 1-23H
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810823051499A
- Case key
- 124130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2850 81/8/23 PLYMOUTH,CT SCHWEIZER 1-23H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 269 TIME - 1245 N8632R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT REMARKS- ALTIMETER SET 1000FT HI.L WING TIP HIT TREE DRG LOW FINAL TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8632R
- Reported as
- Schweizer 1-23H
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waterbury
N8632RRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15Airframe modelSchweizer SGS 1-23H-15Engine modelNONE
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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.