19800810034619A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Scwzer SGS 2-33A · Frankfort, KY · August 10, 1980

Date
August 10, 1980 · 17:30 local
Place
Frankfort, KY
Airport
Capitol City
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N17894
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80DLQ25
Reported as
Scwzer SGS233A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
169 total137 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tried to retrieve glider off golf course by aero tow. Plane aborted glider. Tried to avoid trees. Wing hit ground.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO RETRIEVE GLIDER OFF GOLF COURSE BY AERO TOW. PLANE ABORTED GLIDER. TRIED TO AVOID TREES. WING HIT GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.