# Accident 19931107042239A: Scwzer SGS233A, Morrisville, VT, November 7, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1993, 12:00 local time
- Place: Morrisville, VT
- Airport: Morrisville Stowe State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5344° N, 72.6140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISVILLE-STOWE STATE (MVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5344&lon=-72.6140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1178S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1178S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33B (registry code 8051607, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33b) (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: 158 total, 68 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931107042239A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON RIDGE ATTEMPTING MOUNTAIN SOARING. BLAMED UNCONTROLLABLE DOWNDRAFT.

## 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 BFO94LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA003), Nov 7, 1993: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N1178S), Morrisville, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN SOARING WHICH RESULTED IN INADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE RIDGE AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN. A RELATED FACTOR WAS THE HIGH TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N1178S (1)

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

- [Incident 19920517020939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920517020939I), May 17, 1992: Scwzer SGS233A (N1178S), Salem, NH, Minor damage. Pilot experienced heavy sink rate on approach. Hit trees short of landing field. Had not flown for 15 years.

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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