NTSB NYC84LA327 — 1984-09-30 · CHURCHTON, Maryland, United States

Current FAA registration · N5712S

Make / Model: SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33
Year of manufacture: 1967 · 17 years old at event
Engine: NONE NONE
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19671124
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A754CF

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5712S Schweizer SGS 2-33 None

Factual narrative

DURING GLIDER TOW CLIMBOUT, ENCOUNTER WITH THERMAL RESULTED IN MOMENTARY TOW ROPE SLACK. TOW ROPE SEPARATED IN OVERLOAD WHEN SLACK WAS TAKEN UP. GLIDER PLT SELECTED NEAREST OPEN FLD & SET UP LANDING PATTERN. ON DOWNWIND LEG, PLT NOTED OBSTRUCTIONS IN FLD, ELECTED TO DIVERT TO ANOTHER FLD STRAIGHT AHEAD & RECOGNIZED A DOWNWIND LNDG WOULD BE REQUIRED. DUE TO DOWNHILL SLOPE IN COMBINATION WITH TAILWIND, LNDG ROLL WENT BEYOND CLEAR AREA INTO HIGHER GRASS. ACFT COLLIDED WITH HIDDEN STUMP. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_NYC84LA327.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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