# Accident 19740427013489A: Scwzer SGS233A, Phoenix, AZ, April 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1974
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Turf
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.4632° N, 111.7287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TURF (AZ39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4632&lon=-111.7287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7778S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7778S-2002-02-08) (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: 20 total, 19 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUJ59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740427013489A

## Narrative

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

SNGLE WHEEL GR. NO UNICOM AT TURF

## 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 LAX74DUJ59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUJ59), Apr 27, 1974: Schweizer SGS233 (N7778S), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7778S (1)

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

- [Accident 20010408006019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010408006019A), Apr 8, 2001: Scwzer SGS233A (N7778S), Peoria, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) During takeoff for a glider ride at turf soaring commercial rated glider pilot had experienced a large thermal passing the runway just as the glider…

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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