# Incident 19990502004289I: Scwzer SGS233A, Ridgeland, SC, May 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Ridgeland, SC
- Airport: Ridgeland Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4807° N, 80.9804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ridgeland, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4807&lon=-80.9804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17880, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17880-2002-04-23) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502004289I

## Narrative

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

GLIDER WAS BLOWN INTO TREES ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) ON 5/2/99, AT APPROX 1530 HOURS, THE PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN THE GLIDER VEERED AND THEN STRUCK THE TOP OF A TREE LOCATED NEAR THE END OF THE LANDING FIELD.  THE GLIDER THEN FELL INTO THE TREES AND CAME TO REST WITH THE COCKPIT SUSPENDED ABOUT 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.  THE GLIDER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N17880 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960504009289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960504009289I), May 4, 1996: Scwzer SGS233A (N17880), Ridgeland, SC, Minor damage. Narrative: during final approach the aircraft was in sink and the right wing tip struck a pine bough causing minor damage.

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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