# Incident 20030629021049I: Scwzer SGS233A, Hartford, WI, June 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Hartford, WI
- Airport: Hartford Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3500° N, 88.3902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD MUNI (HXF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3500&lon=-88.3902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17901, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17901) (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: 59 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030629021049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 30, 2003 THE MILWAUKEE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED BY MR. STEVEN JOHNSON REPRESENTING THE WISCONSIN SOARING SOCIETY OF HARTFORD WISCONSIN. HE INFORMED MY SUPERVISOR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A HARD LANDING INVOLVING A CLUB GLIDER SCHWEIZER, N17901, GLIDER MODEL SGS233A ON SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430. N17901 WAS PILOTED BY MR. EDWARD MELVIN LEVINE CERTIFICATE NUMBER 396165490 PRIVATE PILOT GLIDER AND ONE PASSENGER. TWO INSPECTORS FROM THE MILWAUKEE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE TRAVELED TO THE HARTFORD AIRPORT JULY 1, 2003 TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO SMALL TUBING UNDER THE MAIN LANDING TIRE AND SOME TORN FABRIC. THERE WAS SLIGHT WRINKLING OF THE SKIN ABOVE THE LEFT WING INBOARD AND AFT OF THE WING STRUT. IT WAS THE OPINION OF THE MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR AND THE CLUB MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME. THE ACCIDENT WAS DEEMED AN INCIDENT AT THAT TIME. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VFR. THE GLIDER WAS TOWED TO 10,000 FEET AND RELEASED. THE PILOT STATED TO ME DURING AN INTERVIEW THAT THERE WAS OTHER GLIDER TRAFFIC ON THE RUNWAY WHILE HE WAS MANEUVERING INTO THE PATTERN AND THAT THE OTHER GLIDER WAS REMOVED WHILE HE WAS ON HIS DOWN WIND LEG. HE WAS HESITANT AT THAT TIME TO SHORTEN HIS DOWN WIND LEG AS A RESULT OF THE OTHER TRAFFIC ON THE RUNWAY. THE OTHER GLIDER ACCORDING TO MR. LEVINE WAS REMOVED QUICKLY ENOUGH THAT HE COULD HAVE TIGHTENED UP HIS PATTERN AND AVOIDED LANDING SHORT. THE PILOT REPORTEDLY (BASED ON HIS STATEMENT AND EYE WITNESSES) WAS COMING UP SHORT ON THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY AND IN ERROR PREMATURELY STALLED THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE GRASS APRON LEADING TO THE RUNWAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO STRETCH HIS GLIDE. THE APRON AREA HAD BEEN RECENTLY SEEDED AND WAS QUITE SOFT. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE PILOT AND EYEWITNESSES, THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS STALLED FROM AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE APPROACH WAS EXPERIENCING SUSTAINED WINDS OFF OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT OF APPROXIMATELY 25 KNOTS. THE ESTIMATED FORWARD VELOCITY OVER THE GROUND, OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME WAS ABOUT 10 KNOTS. NEITHER OCCUPANT OF THE GLIDER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES HOWEVER MR. LEVINE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN ANEURISM ON AN ARTERY OF HIS HEART DISCOVERED AS A RESULT OF PHYSICAL, PRECIPITATED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. AT THIS WAITING HE IS STILL RECOVERING AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N17901 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980712037699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980712037699A), Jul 12, 1998: Scwzer SGS233A (N17901), Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. (.19)On July 12, 1998, at 1100 eastern standard time, a Schweizer sgs 2-33A, N17901, piloted by a certified flight instructor (CFI), sustained substantial…

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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