# Accident 20110601010299A: Schweizer SGS 2-33A, Wurtsboro, NY, June 1, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2011, 15:45 local time
- Place: Wurtsboro, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5914° N, 74.4550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5914&lon=-74.4550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2656H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2656H) (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: SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 470 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110601010299A

## Narrative

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

ON 06/01/2011 AT APPROX 15:15 LOCAL A SCHWEITZER SGS2-33A GLIDER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED GUARDRAILS AND SURFACE OF STATE HIGHWAY 209 WHICH PARALLELS RUNWAY 23 AT N82.  AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 WITH A CFI CONDUCTING A BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW FOR ANOTHER GLIDER RATED PILOT AND CFI. NO INJURES WERE REPORTED.   FLIGHT WAS THIRD FLIGHT OF BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW. STATE POLICE TOOK PILOTS STATEMENTS AND PHOTOS AT SCENE AS INSPECTOR WAS TWO HOURS AWAY AND GLIDER WAS BLOCKING HIGHWAY. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED GUARD RAIL AT A POINT ABEAM THE NUMBERS OF RUNWAY 23 AND CAME TO REST ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY NORTH.  THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE WAS DAMAGED AND SMALL TREES AND ROADSIDE BRUSH WERE BROKEN ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH. THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR WAS POSITIONED THROUGH THE GUARDRAIL CABLES WITH THE TAIL SECTION ON THE OUTSIDE (RUNWAY SIDE) OF GUARD RAIL.THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE CAME TO REST ON TOP OF AND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GUARD RAIL WITH THE LEFT WING BLOCKING THE SOUTH BOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY.  NUMEROUS BROKEN STRUCTURAL TUBES, TORN FABRIC AND TWISTING OF THE FUSELAGE WAS THE RESULTING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA11CA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA323), Jun 1, 2011: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N2656H), Wurstboro, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flying pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision while landing with a gusting wind. Contributing to the accident was the lack of…

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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