# Accident 19730622021709A: Scwzer SGS232, Waialua, HI, June 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1973
- Place: Waialua, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 21.5674° N, 158.1205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waialua, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5674&lon=-158.1205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2442W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2442W-1974-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (registry code 8050206, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS232
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73FJA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73FJA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730622021709A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO CANYON WHILE WATCHING PEACOCK.

## 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 OAK73FJA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73FJA23), Jun 22, 1973: Schweizer SGS232 (N2442W), Waialua, HI, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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