# NTSB LAX77DUQ44: Schweizer SGS233, N17961, Rosamond, CA, July 20, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 20, 1977
- Place: Rosamond, CA · ROSAMOND, CA
- Location: 34.8641° N, 118.1634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rosamond, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8641&lon=-118.1634&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 146602
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX77DUQ44
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUQ44

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1552  77/7/20    ROSAMOND,CA         SCHWEIZER SGS233    CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1745                    N17961              PX-  0  0  0  TOWING GLIDERS            AGE 40, 1168 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            93 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSAMOND
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROSAMOND,CA                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- TOW ACFT ABORTED TKOF,FOULED PLUGS. GLIDER RELEASED TOW & HAD TO LND IN SAGEBRUSH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N17961](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17961-1997-11-08), registration cancelled 1997-11-08, S/N 261 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS233
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (registry code 8051606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rosamond

## 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 19770720019189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770720019189A), Jul 20, 1977: Scwzer SGS233A, Rosamond, CA, Substantial damage. Tow acft aborted tkof,fouled plugs. Glider released tow & had to lnd in sagebrush.

## Other investigations on N17961 (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 LAX73DUG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG58), May 28, 1973: Schweizer 2-33A (N17961), Elsinore, CA, 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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