# Accident 20070106008759A: Scwzer SGS233, Immokalee, FL, January 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4331° N, 81.4011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4331&lon=-81.4011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5728S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5728S-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33 (registry code 8051604, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS233
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070106008759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE AUTOMOTIVE TOW OF THE GLIDER, THE "WEAK-LINK" BROKE AT THE AUTOMOTIVE END OF THE TOW ROPE. THE GLIDER LANDED HARD ON THE GRASS RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA07LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA041), Jan 6, 2007: Schweizer SGS 2-33 (N5728S), Immokalee, FL, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of the glider towing "weak link," for undetermined reasons, at an inadequate altitude to effect a normal landing, resulting in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N5728S (2)

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

- [Accident 20060115002239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060115002239A), Jan 15, 2006: Scwzer SGS233 (N5728S), Immokalee, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Ran out of altitude and airspeed 500 yards short of airport boundary, clipped a power line, landed safely, minor damage to glider, owner loaded on…
- [Accident 19760918031349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760918031349A), Sep 18, 1976: Scwzer SGS233 (N5728S), Monroe, WA, Substantial damage. Made two 360'S over arpt,then overshot. Ldg off arpt,bounced,rolled into trees.

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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