# Accident 19960511010189A: Scwzer SGS233A, Readington, NJ, May 11, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1996, 16:45 local time
- Place: Readington, NJ
- Airport: Solberg-Hunterdon Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5828° N, 74.7367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOLBERG/HUNTERDON (N51), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5828&lon=-74.7367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17957, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17957-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 631 total, 268 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960511010189A

## Narrative

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

HIGH SINK AND STEEP TURN TO MAKE ALTERNATE RUNWAY. OVERBANKED. UNABLE RECOVER FROM ACCELERATED STALL. WING IMPACTED

## 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 NYC96LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA104), May 11, 1996: Schweizer SGS-2-33A (N17957), Readington, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather, and his misjudgment of altitude and distance from the runway. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of recent experience and the weather.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.