# Accident 19760511010829A: Scwzer SGS233, Henderson, NV, May 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1976
- Place: Henderson, NV
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.0397° N, 114.9819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Henderson, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0397&lon=-114.9819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2494W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2494W) (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: 8 total, 8 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FVW25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVW25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760511010829A

## Narrative

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

LOW BASE LEG. R WG HIT LGE ROCKS DRG TURN TO FINAL APCH.

## 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 OAK76FVW25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVW25), May 11, 1976: Schweizer SGS233 (N2494W), Henderson, NV, 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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