# Accident 19890830065859A: Scwzer SGS233A, Hemet, CA, August 30, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1989, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Airport: Hemet-Ryan Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7340° N, 117.0223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEMET-RYAN (HMT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7340&lon=-117.0223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65843, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65843) (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: 35 total, 33 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890830065859A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TOW HOOKUP PILOT GOT OUT TO ARRANGE CUSHION. TOW PLANE TOOK OFF. PASSENGER IN GLIDER WAS RELEASED AND STALLED

## 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 LAX89LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA291), Aug 30, 1989: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N65843), Hemet, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: INADEQUATE CREW COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TOW PILOT AND GLIDER PILOT, FAILURE OF THE GLIDER PILOT TO OBTAIN PROPER ASSISTANCE, AND THE TOW PILOT'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE GLIDER PILOT'S INTENTIONS.

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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