# NTSB investigations: Schweizer SGS 2-33: Forced landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX87LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA104.md): Schweizer SGS 2-33 · Marana, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 1987 · N5727S · Substantial damage
  > During a winch tow, the cable prematurely released the glider at approximately 100 to 150 feet. The glider remained in a nose high attitude momentarily then began a shallow descending right turn. At approximately 75 feet the roll, pitch, and descent rate…
- [NTSB ATL85LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA166.md): Schweizer SGS-233 · Chester, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 1985 · N5724S · Substantial damage
  > The instructor pilot cut loose from the tow plane at 200 ft AGL during takeoff to simulate a rope break. The acft collided with trees while circling to land. CFI stated that student plt was too slow in returning to land on the rwy.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8051604')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 180))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8051604&occurrence=180

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