# NTSB NYC83LA001: Schweizer SGS1-26, N2515H, Kutztown, PA, October 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 3, 1982, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Kutztown, PA
- Coordinates: 40.519329, -75.770263 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5193&lon=-75.7703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71293
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA001
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71293/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA001

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object (contributing factor)
  - object - utility pole (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE HE WAS LANDING THE GLIDER, HE OVERSHOT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE GLIDER COLLIDED WITH A SIGNBOARD AND POLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2515H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2515H), registered now, S/N 655, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS1-26
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-26E](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (registry code 8050124) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 655
- Airframe hours: 397
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kutztown Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Kutztown Aviation, Inc.
- Departed: N31, KUTZTOWN, PA
- Destination: N31, KUTZTOWN, PA
- Airport: N31, Kutztown, runway 35, 2,500 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 5 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °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 19821003050859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821003050859A), Oct 3, 1982: Scwzer SGS126, Kutztown, PA, Substantial damage. Glider overshot runway during landing and hit signboard off end 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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