# Accident 19820417035919A: Scwzer SGS233A, Colorado Spring, CO, April 17, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1982, 14:10 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Black Forest
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0510° N, 104.6904° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0510&lon=-104.6904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2045T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2045T-2023-09-16) (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: 20 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82DA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417035919A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER CRASHED INTO TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY, PILOT MISJUDGED EFFECT OF WIND.

## 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 DEN82DA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA064), Apr 17, 1982: Schweizer SGS-2-33A (N2045T), Colorado Spring, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2045T (1)

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

- [Accident 20130504007869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130504007869A), May 4, 2013: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N2045T), Erwinna, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot departed Van Sant Airport (9N1) in a glider N2045T owned by the civil air patrol. The glider had just been annualed and this was the first flight. 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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