# NTSB NYC88LA022: Schweizer 2-33, N2669H, Blairstown, NJ, October 31, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1987, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Location: 40.9873° N, 74.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blairstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9873&lon=-74.9547&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36047/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, climb
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2669H-1988-04-07), registration cancelled 1988-04-07, S/N 507 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 2-33
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (registry code 8051606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 507
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871031061459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871031061459A), Oct 31, 1987: Scwzer SGS233, Blairstown, NJ, Destroyed. Too high above tow plane on takeoff, cut loose at low altitude,stalled and crashed.

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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