# Accident 19850519023199A: Scwzer SGS233A, Warrenton, VA, May 19, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1985, 16:17 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6557° N, 77.7872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Warrenton Air Park (7VG0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6557&lon=-77.7872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2885H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2885H-1992-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO85LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519023199A

## Narrative

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

TRANSITION POWER TO GLIDER. FIRST SOLO. OVERTURNED FINAL. STRUCK TREES REALIGNING. GLIDER CARTWHEELED.

## 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 BFO85LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA046), May 19, 1985: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N2885H), Warrenton, VA, substantial damage

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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