# NTSB NYC82DFJ19: Schweizer 2-33A, N65850, Elmira, NY, August 28, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1982, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Location: 42.0934° N, 76.8096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elmira, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0934&lon=-76.8096&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70583
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DFJ19
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70583/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DFJ19

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE WAS TOO HIGH ON BASE & STARTED SLIPPING TO LOSE EXCESSIVE ALTITUDE. HE LOST TOO MUCH ALTITUDE & SPEED,STRIKING THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65850](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65850-1984-06-04), registration cancelled 1984-06-04, S/N 340 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 2-33A
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (registry code 8051606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 340
- Airframe hours: 2082
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harris Hill Soaring
- Registered owner: Harris Hill Soaring
- Departed: ELMIRA, NY
- Destination: ELMIRA, NY
- Airport: Harris Hill, runway 33, 1,100 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; private; medical: unknown; flight hours: 61 total, 31 in this make and model, 49 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 154 °F

## 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 19820828042719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820828042719A), Aug 28, 1982: Scwzer SGS233A, Horseheads, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot slipped glider during landing approach to lose excess altitude and crashed short of 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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