# Accident 20050521034159A: Scwzer SGS233A, Beloit, WI, May 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2005, 16:25 local time
- Place: Beloit, WI
- Airport: Beloit Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4978° N, 88.9675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4978&lon=-88.9675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65855, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65855-2020-05-08) (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: 900 total, 22 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050521034159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) COMPETENCE IN QUESTION. PILOT BASICALLY FLEW INTO TREES. PILOT IS NOT GLIDER RATED SO 44709 IS NOT APPLICABLE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ .

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA119), May 21, 2005: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N65855), Beloit, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude which resulted in an undershoot of the runway and collision with trees.

## Other reports on N65855 (1)

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

- [Incident 19921010049069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921010049069I), Oct 10, 1992: Scwzer SGS233A (N65855), Wurtsboro, NY. Student pilot made a hard landing in glider. No damage to glider. Pilot injured. NTSB downgraded to incident.

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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