# Incident 19780624034449I: Scwzer SGS233, San Diego, CA, June 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1978, 08:52 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2655H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2655H) (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 SGS233
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,738 total, 3 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624034449I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER PILOT ATTEMPTED 180 TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT AFTER THE TOW ROPE BROKE. LANDED SHORT AND NOT YET LEVEL.

## Other reports on N2655H (1)

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

- [Accident 19880327007419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880327007419A), Mar 27, 1988: Scwzer SGS233A (N2655H), Warner Springs, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot misjudged sailplane performance. Undershot runway. Struck shed.

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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