# NTSB FTW84LA030: Schweizer SGS-2-33, N17966, Norman, OK, October 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 23, 1983, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Norman, OK
- Coordinates: 35.250667, -97.45922 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2507&lon=-97.4592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21188
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21188/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA030

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING & CARTWHEELED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N17966 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS-2-33
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 266
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kevin Churchill
- Registered owner: Central Oklahoma
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: Golsby

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OKC, 20 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831023054989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831023054989A), Oct 23, 1983: Scwzer SGS233, Norman, OK, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed wing to contact ground causing glider to cartwheel during landing.

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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