# Accident 19900708024489A: Scwzer SGS233A, Norman, OK, July 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1990, 16:15 local time
- Place: Norman, OK
- Airport: David Jay Perry Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1551° N, 97.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID JAY PERRY (1K4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1551&lon=-97.4704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65879, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65879) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 10 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90DPJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DPJ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900708024489A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO TREES ON FINAL FOR LANDING. MISJUDGED GLIDING DISTANCE WITH GUSTY CROSSWIND.

## 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 FTW90DPJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DPJ09), Jul 8, 1990: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N65879), Norman, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF PROPER GLIDEPATH.

## Other reports on N65879 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770703017919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770703017919A), Jul 3, 1977: Scwzer SGS233A (N65879), Cedar, MI, 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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