# Accident 20050910020849A: Scwzer SGS233A, Peoria, AZ, September 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2005, 09:48 local time
- Place: Peoria, AZ
- Airport: Pleasant Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7006° N, 112.2506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7006&lon=-112.2506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2054T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2054T-2012-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050910020849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CIVIL AIR PATROL GLIDER WAS UNDER TOW AND HAD JUST DEPARTED. SOLO STUDENT PILOT HEARD A "METAL FLAPPING NOISE" AND RELEASED TO TOW LINE. RIGHT WING STRUCK A CACTUS, SPUN AROUND AND IMPACTED THE DESERT.

## 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 LAX05CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA294), Sep 10, 2005: Schweizer SGS2-33A (N2054T), Peoria, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's encounter with obstacles and unsuitable terrain in the landing area during the pilot's attempted precautionary landing. A factor in the accident was the loose wing root gap seal fairing.

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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