# Accident 19800202002219A: Scwzer SGS233A, High Springs, FL, February 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: High Springs, FL
- Airport: Rudy'S
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7996° N, 82.5893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of High Springs, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7996&lon=-82.5893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17964, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17964-2018-03-20) (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 SGS233A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 1 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800202002219A

## Narrative

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

TOW ROPE BROKE ON GLIDER AUTO TOW. ATTEMPTED 180 TO LAND ON RUNWAY. DRAGGED WING TIP. CARTWHEELED GLIDER.

## 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 MIA80DLA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA15), Feb 2, 1980: Schweizer SGS233 (N17964), High Springs, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N17964 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760129001359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760129001359A), Jan 29, 1976: Scwzer SGS233 (N17964), Archer, FL, Substantial damage. Drifted to r wing struck tree. Wind gusting 15K.

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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