# Accident 19950415008029A: Scwzer SGS233, North Adams, MA, April 15, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1995, 13:00 local time
- Place: North Adams, MA
- Airport: Harriman-And-West Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6963° N, 73.1706° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIMAN-AND-WEST (AQW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6963&lon=-73.1706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5725S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5725S-2013-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33 (registry code 8051604, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,533 total, 28 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO95LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950415008029A

## Narrative

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

TOW ROPE PARTED AT 250 AGL ON A TOW. CFI LANDED DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY. GROUND LOOPED PREVENT OVERRUN. ROPE A YEAR OLD.

## 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 BFO95LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA046), Apr 15, 1995: Schweizer SC2-33A (N5725S), North Adams, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the tow rope during the initial climb. Related factors are the gusty wind conditions, the low altitude at which the failure occurred, the tailwind during the emergency landing roll,…

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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