# Accident 20220515006679A: Schweizer SGS 2-33A, Blaistown, NJ, May 15, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2022, 15:00 local time
- Place: Blaistown, NJ
- Airport: Blairstown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9727° N, 74.9920° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9727&lon=-74.9920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17879, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17879-2022-12-03) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220515006679A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT GLIDER PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT AT THE BLAIRSTOWN AIRPORT  (1N7) LOCATED IN NEW JERSEY. THE FLIGHT WAS SUPERVISED BY HIS INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

THE PILOT WAS MAKING HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AT BLAIRSTOWN AND WAS HIGH ON BASE LEG TO FINAL. THE PILOT STARTED A SLIP TO THE RUNWAY TO LOSE ALTITUDE AND WAS LEFT OF CENTERLINE FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 27.

THE PILOT WAS OVER SOME HIGH TREES ON FINAL AND HAD LOST ALTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE TREES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN AND NOSE DIVE INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA22FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA227), May 15, 2022: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N17879), Blairstown, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain proper alignment with the landing area during the approach, which resulted in the left wing impacting a tree.

## Other reports on N17879 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860818081739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860818081739I), Aug 18, 1986: Scwzer SGS233A (N17879), Plainfield, IL, Minor damage. Touched down short of designated landing area.

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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