# Accident 19960623023469A: Scwzer SGS233A, Union, IL, June 23, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Union, IL
- Airport: Sky Soaring Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1540° N, 88.5118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY SOARING (55LL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1540&lon=-88.5118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1219S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1219S-2009-10-26) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 40 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960623023469A

## Narrative

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

TOO LOW ON FINAL TO CLEAR TREES. TRIED FOR CORNFIELD. LOST LIFT. IMPACTED. GROUND LOOPED. (-23) PILOT WAS TOWED TO GLIDE WITH HIS SON AS PASSENGER-ATTEMPTED LANDING AT HAMPSHIRE, DECIDED HE COULD NOT CLEAR TREES AND ATTEMPTED LANDING IN CORN FIELD-TURNED TO ALIGN WITH CORN FIELD, LOST LIFT STRUCK GROUND, GROUND LOOPED, GLIDER DESTROYED - PILOT AND PASSENGER NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1219S (1)

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

- [Accident 19871025062299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871025062299A), Oct 25, 1987: Scwzer SGS233A (N1219S), Union, IL, Substantial damage. Landed short of the runway. Caught a wing on the ground causing glider to slide sideways. Blamed downdraft.

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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