- Date
- October 31, 1987, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blairstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2669HSchweizer 2-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871031061459A
- Case key
- 36047
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
As the glider was being towed it lifted too high above the tow plane. At an altitude of about 55 to 65 feet it was disconnected. However the glider was tilting slightly to the right and as the pilot attempted to correct, it stalled and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2669H
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33
- Category
- Glider
- Serial number
- 507
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eagle Ridge Soaring, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- IN7 · Blairstown, runway 4, 2,500 × 100 ft
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 105 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.