# NTSB DEN66D0014: Schweizer SGU222, N2728Z, Alamogordo, NM, May 30, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 30, 1965
- Place: Alamogordo, NM · ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177926
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66D0014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66D0014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1348  65/5/30  NR.ALAMOGORDO N MEX   SCHWEIZER SGU222    CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 4711
        TIME - 1715                    N2728Z              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      TOTAL HOURS, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          SCATTERED                                                UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           63                                                      315
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           35                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- GLIDER COLLIDED WITH ROCKS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2728Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2728Z-2021-07-03), registration cancelled 2021-07-03, S/N 186, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGU222
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGU 2-22E](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgu-2-22e) (registry code 8050612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N2728Z (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 ATL00LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA054), May 7, 2000: Schweizer SGU2-22E (N2728Z), Farmington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of traffic pattern altitude that resulted in an off-field landing and the subsequent collision with the ground. A factor was rough terrain.

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.

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