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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Scwzer SGS 2-33A · Hinckley, IL · September 5, 1988

Date
September 5, 1988 · 13:40 local
Place
Hinckley, IL
Airport
Hinckley Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3613F
Reported as
Scwzer SGS233A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,931 total800 in this make and model56 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Student got glider out of line with tow plane CFI failed to correct. Tow line broke. Glider made hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT GOT GLIDER OUT OF LINE WITH TOW PLANE CFI FAILED TO CORRECT. TOW LINE BROKE. GLIDER MADE HARD LANDING.