# Accident 19811024079459A: Scwzer SGS233A, Kutztown, PA, October 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Kutztown, PA
- Airport: Kutztown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5033° N, 75.7858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Kutztown Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5033&lon=-75.7858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2979H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2979H-2020-09-04) (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: 161 total, 0 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82DHA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DHA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811024079459A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON LANDING. LOST CONTROL ON SECOND GROUND CONTACT, GROUND-LOOPED ON RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC82DHA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DHA06), Oct 24, 1981: Schweizer SGS2 (N2979H), Kutztown, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2979H (1)

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

- [Accident 19860519023259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860519023259A), May 19, 1986: Scwzer SGS233A (N2979H), Kutztown, PA, Minor damage. Turbulence and downwind landing resulted in hard impact and overrunning the runway. Blew main tire and broke skid.

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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