# NTSB NYC81FNE27: Schweizer 1-23H, N8632R, Plymouth, CT, August 23, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 23, 1981
- Place: Plymouth, CT · PLYMOUTH, CT
- Location: 41.6720° N, 73.0529° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6720&lon=-73.0529&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 124130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC81FNE27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNE27

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8632R-2013-03-07), registration cancelled 2013-03-07, S/N 59, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 1-23H
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-23h-15) (registry code 8050112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Waterbury

## 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 19810823051499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810823051499A), Aug 23, 1981: Scwzer SGS123H15, Plymouth, CT, Substantial damage. Set altimeter incorrectly. Believed higher than actual. Was short on aproach. Struck trees 20 feet from runway.

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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