# Accident 19730306004569A: Scwzer SGS233A, Huntington, WV, March 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1973
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Robert Newlon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.4570° N, 82.3138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBERT NEWLON FLD (I41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4570&lon=-82.3138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7535, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7535-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73DIJ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DIJ21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730306004569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHEEL EQPD.APCH TO ARPT BTWN TREES.R WING HIT TREE ABT 2FT INBOARD R WING TIP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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 IAD73DIJ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DIJ21), Mar 6, 1973: Schweizer SGS233 (N7535), Huntington, WV, substantial damage

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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