# Accident 19730528020119A: Scwzer SGS233, Elsinore, CA, May 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1973
- Place: Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark Glider Pt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17961, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17961-1997-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73DUG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730528020119A

## Narrative

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

PLT HI ON APCH,MADE 360DEG TURN.UN TO MAKE AIRPORT,HIT POLE IN FLD.NO INST IN OFF-AIRPORT LNDGS.

## 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 LAX73DUG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG58), May 28, 1973: Schweizer 2-33A (N17961), Elsinore, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N17961 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770720019189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770720019189A), Jul 20, 1977: Scwzer SGS233A (N17961), Rosamond, CA, Substantial damage. Tow acft aborted tkof,fouled plugs. Glider released tow & had to lnd in sagebrush.

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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