# NTSB LAX69D0054: Schweizer SGS233, N5728S, Pearblossom, CA, July 14, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: July 14, 1968
- Place: Pearblossom, CA · PEARBLOSSOM, CA
- Location: 34.5064° N, 117.9098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearblossom, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5064&lon=-117.9098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109240
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69D0054
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0054

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2450  68/7/14    PEARBLOSSOM,CALIF   SCHWEIZER SGS233    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 234
        TIME - 1254                    N5728S              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTALAIRE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- TOW PLANE RELEASED GLIDER,IN ORDER TO AVOID WIRE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5728S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5728S-2021-05-08), registration cancelled 2021-05-08, S/N 72, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS233
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33) (registry code 8051604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Crystalaire

## Other investigations on N5728S (3)

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 MIA07LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA041), Jan 6, 2007: Schweizer SGS 2-33 (N5728S), Immokalee, FL, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of the glider towing "weak link," for undetermined reasons, at an inadequate altitude to effect a normal landing, resulting in a hard landing.
- [NTSB MIA06CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA045), Jan 15, 2006: Schewizer 233 (N5728S), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance during the final approach to land, which resulted in an impact with trees, and a hard landing.
- [NTSB SEA76DYE62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYE62), Sep 18, 1976: Schweizer SGS233 (N5728S), Monroe, WA, substantial damage

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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