# Accident 20080125011299A: Scwzer SGS232, Hollister, CA, January 25, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Airport: Hollister Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9000° N, 121.4172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9000&lon=-121.4172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87R-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (registry code 8050206, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS232
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,175 total, 644 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080125011299A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA08LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA067), Jan 25, 2008: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (N87R), Hollister, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The dual student's failure to maintain aircraft control while taxiing from the active runway and the delayed remedial action by the flight instructor. A contributing factor was the unfavorable high…

## Other reports on N87R (1)

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

- [Accident 20211009017819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211009017819A), Oct 9, 2021: Schweizer SGS 2-32 (N87R), San Juan Bautis, CA, Substantial damage. San Juan bautista, CA: N87R, sgs 2-32, crashed approx 7 miles west of Hollister Municipal Airport (cvh) during an off-airport landing on a sightseeing glider…

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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