# Accident 19770720019189A: Scwzer SGS233A, Rosamond, CA, July 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1977
- Place: Rosamond, CA
- Airport: Rosamond
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 34.8641° N, 118.1634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rosamond, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8641&lon=-118.1634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17961, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17961-1997-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,168 total, 93 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUQ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUQ44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770720019189A

## Narrative

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

TOW ACFT ABORTED TKOF,FOULED PLUGS. GLIDER RELEASED TOW & HAD TO LND IN SAGEBRUSH.

## 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 LAX77DUQ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUQ44), Jul 20, 1977: Schweizer SGS233 (N17961), Rosamond, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N17961 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730528020119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730528020119A), May 28, 1973: Scwzer SGS233 (N17961), Elsinore, CA, Substantial damage. Plt hi on apch,made 360DEG turn. Un to make airport,hit pole in fld. No inst in off-airport lndgs.

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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