# NTSB NYC85FHM01: Schweizer SGS-1-35, N9JK, Middletown, NY, June 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 2, 1985, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Middletown, NY
- Coordinates: 41.440826, -74.420707 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4408&lon=-74.4207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35611
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85FHM01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35611/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FHM01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - airspeed - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED OFF THE ARPT AFTER THE PLT LOST ALT IN A SPIN. THE PLT WAS AFRAID THAT THE GLIDER WOULD LAND SHORT IN TREES SO HE LANDED ON A HIGHWAY. THE HARD LNDG DAMAGED THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9JK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9JK), registered now, S/N 18, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS-1-35
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-35](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35) (registry code 8050148) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 18
- Airframe hours: 135
- Engines: NONE NONE unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Leopold Schoenaur
- Last inspection: Annual, August 4, 1984, 20 hours before
- Departed: 06N, MIDDLETOWN, NY
- Airport: 06B, Randall, runway 6, 3,000 ×  ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; seat: center; flight hours: 946 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °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 19850602058459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850602058459A), Jun 2, 1985: Scwzer SGS135, Middletown, NY, Substantial damage. Recovered from stall spin with loss of altitude in pattern. Landed on highway unusually hard.

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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