Schweizer SGS233 N33981

4 October 1975 · North Adams, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 October 1975 at about 12:00 local time, a Schweizer SGS233 registered N33981, operated by Berkshire Sail, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 October 1975 at 12:00
Classification: Accident
Location: North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Nearest airport: Harriman
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer SGS233
Registration: N33981
Category: Glider
Operator: Berkshire Sail
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2674

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT ALLOWED GLIDER TO DRIFT TO LEE SIDE OF RIDGE.ACFT HIT HAY BALE ON LDG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2674, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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