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Mon, Feb 06, 2006

Aren't ALL Glider Landings, 'Forced' Landings?

OK... I know that it's a semantic issue, but sometimes the terse descriptions we see in the initial FAA accident reports are a little "interesting," as was this one. And on those times when such accidents harm no one, the wording can even be amusing -- as seen in this recent description of "a forced landing..." in a glider -- which is going to come down sooner or later, believe you me (especially the way I used to fly the 2-33A... God help the soaring world). Grin.

** Report created 2/3/2006 Record 9 **
IDENTIFICATION
 Regis#: 2055T Make/Model: SGS Description: SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A GLIDER (file photo, above)
 Date: 02/01/2006 Time: 1845
 Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
 Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
 City: SHIRLEY State: NY Country: US

DESCRIPTION
ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A WOODED AREA, BROOKHAVEN-CALABRO AIRPORT, SHIRLEY, NY

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
 # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
 # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
 # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
OTHER DATA
 Departed: Dep Date: Dep. Time:
 Destination: Flt Plan: Wx Briefing:
 Last Radio Cont:   Last Clearance:
 FAA FSDO: FARMINGDALE, NY (EA11) Entry date: 02/02/2006

FMI: www.ntsb.gov, www.faa.gov

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