# NTSB LAX88LA145: Schweizer SGS 2-33A, N2655H, Warner Springs, CA, March 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 27, 1988, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Warner Springs, CA
- Location: 33.2845° N, 116.6697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARNER SPRINGS (CL35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2845&lon=-116.6697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25976
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25976/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA145

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - building(nonresidential)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2655H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2655H), registered now, S/N 455, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (registry code 8051606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Serial number: 455
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mcdonald, James P.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CL35, WARNER SPRINGS, CA
- Destination: CL35
- Airport: CL35, Warner Springs

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial; seat: front; flight hours: 675 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CRQ, 31 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 19880327007419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880327007419A), Mar 27, 1988: Scwzer SGS233A, Warner Springs, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot misjudged sailplane performance. Undershot runway. Struck shed.

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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