# Incident 19960714024759I: Scwzer SGS233A, Deland, FL, July 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1996, 12:50 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Bob Lee Flight Strip Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1041° N, 81.3140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bob Lee Flight Strip, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1041&lon=-81.3140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34215, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34215) (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: 890 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960714024759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 14, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 EDT A SWITZER SGS-2-33A GLIDER MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING IN TREES ADJACENT TO THE BOB LEE AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE DEPARTING ON A NORMAL AERO-TOW TAKEOFF HE EXPERIENCED UNUSUALLY STRONG LIFT AND WAS OUT CLIMBING THE TOW PLANE. FEARING FOULING THE TOW ROPE ON THE TAIL OF THE TOW PLANE HE RELEASED AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE.

## Other reports on N34215 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940910026119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940910026119A), Sep 10, 1994: Scwzer SGS233A (N34215), Deland, FL, Substantial damage. On final veered to left to miss ultralight parallel same runway. Wing hit ground banking too avoid the ultralight.

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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