# Accident 19750524010939A: Scwzer SGS232, Mount Pocono, PA, May 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1975
- Place: Mount Pocono, PA
- Airport: Mount Pocono Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.1225° N, 75.3578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pocono, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1225&lon=-75.3578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65973, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65973) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (registry code 8050206, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS232
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 74 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75DHA41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHA41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750524010939A

## Narrative

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

TOW PLANE EXPD PWR LOSS,PREMATURE RELEASE OF GLIDER.LNDD IN PARKING LOT.

## 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 NYC75DHA41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHA41), May 24, 1975: Schweizer 2-32 (N65973), Mount Pocono, PA, 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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