# Incident 19860818081739I: Scwzer SGS233A, Plainfield, IL, August 18, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1986, 15:10 local time
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Airport: Clow
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17879, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17879-2022-12-03) (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: 2,600 total, 75 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860818081739I

## Narrative

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

TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF DESIGNATED LANDING AREA.

## Other reports on N17879 (1)

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

- [Accident 20220515006679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220515006679A), May 15, 2022: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N17879), Blaistown, NJ, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Student glider pilot [privacy data omitted] was on his second solo flight at the Blairstown Airport (1N7) located in new jersey. The flight was supervised by…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.