# Incident 19790922051039I: Scwzer SGS233A, Phoenix, AZ, September 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1979, 17:15 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Pleasant Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5746S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5746S-2012-08-27) (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 SGS233A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,575 total, 1,195 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/19790922051039I

## Narrative

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

WINCH OPERATOR MISINTERPRETED SIGNAL FROM WING MAN AND LAUNCHED GLIDER WITHOUT A PILOT.

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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