# N65844: 1974 Schweizer SGS 2-33A, registration cancelled 2013-10-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 24, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (registry code 8051606)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G2EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 335
- Year built: 1974
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, glider
- Airworthiness date: May 30, 1974
- Certificate issued: November 2, 1987
- Last registry action: July 15, 2008
- Mode S code: A8AD73
- Owner when cancelled: [Civil Air Patrol Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CIVIL%20AIR%20PATROL%20INC)
- Location: [Maxwell Afb, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Maxwell%20Afb)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.3809° N, 86.3637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 36112, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65844
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=65844
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65844-2013-10-24

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Schweizer SGS 2-33A: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

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.

- [NTSB LAX07CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA172), May 22, 2007: Schweizer SGS2-33A (N65844), Los Alamitos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the towrope during the initial climb out.
- [NTSB LAX97LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA024), Oct 20, 1996: Schweizer 2-33-A (N65844), Los Alamitos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to properly handle the glider, and the instructor pilot's inadequate supervision.

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20070522009219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070522009219A), May 22, 2007: Scwzer SGS233A (N65844), Los Alamitos, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 05/22/2007, during takeoff sequence of a winch launch at Los Alamitos army airfield taxiway c, safety rope broke at approximately 300-400 ft.…
- [Accident 19961020041649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961020041649A), Oct 20, 1996: Scwzer SGS233A (N65844), Los Alamitos, CA, Substantial damage. Student became low and slow on approach. CFI took over landed off airport. Wing spar bent on pipe. No anomalies.
- [Accident 19910622023839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910622023839A), Jun 22, 1991: Scwzer SGS233A (N65844), Tehachapi, CA, Minor damage. Glider made a hard landing at airport.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.