# Accident 20250806012719A: Schweizer SGS 2-33A, Monee, IL, August 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2025, 15:00 local time
- Place: Monee, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3774° N, 87.6900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3774&lon=-87.6900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65818, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65818) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 8 total, 8 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250806012719A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 6TH, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 05:19 PM CDT, A STUDENT PILOT WAS OPERATING A SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33 GLIDER IN THE VICINITY OF BULT FIELD, C56 ON A SOLO FLIGHT. THE PILOT, AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE TOW PILOT AND SPENDING SOME TIME IN THE AIR, RETURNED TO BULT FIELD AND ENTERED THE PATTERN. THE PILOT NOTICED HER ALTITUDE WAS LOW AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN ONTO THE BASE LEG EARLIER THAN NORMAL TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ALTITUDE ISSUE. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE PILOT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN ONTO FINAL, CONTACTED A TELEPHONE POLE AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH, LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY NINE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE AND LEFT WING. THE PILOT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN25LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA311), Aug 6, 2025: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (N65818), Monee, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and altitude resulting in a collision with the ground during the base to final turn.

## Other reports on N65818 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850707034609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850707034609A), Jul 7, 1985: Scwzer SGS233A (N65818), Warrenton, VA, Substantial damage. Turbulence on tow. At 200 ft AGL rope separated from tow plane. Glider crash landed. No defects in tow release.

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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