# Accident 19950709022659A: Scwzer SGS233A, Elmira, NY, July 9, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1995, 14:15 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Elmira-Corning Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1736° N, 76.8857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1736&lon=-76.8857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3622X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3622X-2020-05-29) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950709022659A

## Narrative

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

TOWED 2200FT AND RELEASED. UNABLE FIND THERMALS. DELAYED RETURN. TOO LOW PUT IT INTO TREES. FIVE HRS SOLO TIME.

## 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 NYC95LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA156), Jul 9, 1995: Schweizer S-2-33A (N3622X), Elmira, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to return to the departure airport, which resulted in insufficient gliding altitude, and the subsequent off airport landing in the trees.

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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