# Incident 19980713027689I: Scwzer SGS233A, Mokuleia, HI, July 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mokuleia, HI
- Airport: Dillingham Airfield Airport
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.5794° N, 158.1718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mokuleia, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5794&lon=-158.1718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17914, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17914) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 205 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980713027689I

## Narrative

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

THE CFI STATED: CIVIL AIR PATROL GLIDER WITH CFIG GIVING INSTRUCTION TO A CAP CADET. ON AUTO TOW TAKEODD, THE CFIG FELT THE GLIDER SLOW. RAISING THE NOSE DID NOT INCREASE AIRSPEED AND THE NOSE WAS LOWERED. THE CFIG NOTICED THAT THE TOW ROPE STRUCK AND LOWERED THE NOSE. THE GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED THE TOWLINE THEN ACCELERATED THE GLIDER AND THE CFIG RELEASED THE ROPE. THE GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND STOPPED 100 FEET LATER. NO DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER, HOWEVER, THE STUDENT PILOT COMPLAINED OF A SORE NECK. THE ARMY MEDIVAC THE STUDENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. SHE WAS RELEASED THE NEXT DAY CONTINUED.

## Other reports on N17914 (3)

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

- [Accident 19991013042669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991013042669A), Oct 13, 1999: Scwzer SGS233A (N17914), Waialua, HI, Substantial damage. (.4)Prior to departure for a supervised solo instructional flight, the pilot had obtained weather information from local glider pilot's, and checking the…
- [Incident 19980718027679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980718027679I), Jul 18, 1998: Scwzer SGS233A (N17914), Mokuleia, HI. Solo student josh s. lannom landed short of runway 8. He was solo'd on his 17th glider flight by cap instructor drew flood. On the 20th glider the student…
- [Incident 19980717027669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980717027669I), Jul 17, 1998: Scwzer SGS233A (N17914), Mokuleia, HI. A cap student pilot hurt while running a wing for another student pilot during an auto tow launch. As reported to inspector hamilton at Dillingham airport, the…

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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