# Accident 19750419011349A: Scwzer SGS233, Colville, WA, April 19, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1975
- Place: Colville, WA
- Airport: Colville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 48.5442° N, 117.8835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLVILLE MUNI (63S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5442&lon=-117.8835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5721S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5721S-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33 (registry code 8051604, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 30 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75FYG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FYG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750419011349A

## Narrative

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

TOW PLANE BECAME AIRBORNE THEN SETTLED.STUDENT THOUGHT TOW IN TROUBLE & RELEASED.HIT TREE.

## 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 SEA75FYG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FYG32), Apr 19, 1975: Schweizer SGS233 (N5721S), Colville, WA, 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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