- Date
- July 24, 1985, 14:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2039TSchweizer SGS 2-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850724033719A
- Case key
- 35928
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was towed to an alt of 3000 ft. the plt set up for landing and entered the pattern at the initial point at about 1200 ft. the apch went normally until the base leg. After turning onto the base leg, the plt experienced a high sink rate. The plt attempted to extend the glide by increasing the airspeed and turning directly to the final leg. The acft collided short of the rwy in a wooded area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2039T
- Reported as
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 469
- Airframe hours
- 1,658
- Engine
- None NONE, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Yankee Aviation Serivices
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Forrest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 20, 1985 · 46 hours before
- Airport
- PYM · Plymoth, runway 24, 2,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 3 in this make and model · 3,295 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 12° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PYM, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2039T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.