# NTSB MIA06CA045: Schewizer 233, N5728S, Immokalee, FL, January 15, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 15, 2006, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Immokalee, FL - Coordinates: 26.433055, -81.401107 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4331&lon=-81.4011&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 25, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Miami, Florida - NTSB case key (mKey): 63131 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA06CA045 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63131/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA045 ## 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. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - object - tree(s) - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown ## Analysis The pilot said that the first part of the flight was uneventful. He returned to Immokalee Airport, and noted that given the direction of the winds, it would be safer for him to make an off airport landing in a nearby field. The pilot said that during the landing, the airplane clipped the top of pine trees, collided with wires, and then he landed the glider hard in the field. In addition, the pilot said that upon landing the field was rough and uneven, and as a result glider incurred substantial damage to its skid and tail-wheel area. ## Factual narrative On January 15, 2006, about 1430 eastern standard time, a Schweizer SGS 2-33 glider, N5728S, registered to High Soaring Inc., and operated by a private individual as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, made a hard landing in Immokalee, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot was not injured, and the glider incurred substantial damage. the flight originated the same day in Immokalee, Florida, about 1345. The pilot said that after being towed to 3,000 feet and having an uneventful initial part of the flight, he returned to Immokalee Airport, and noted that given the direction of the winds, it would be safer for him to make an off airport landing in a nearby field. The pilot said that during the landing he clipped the top of pine trees which then impacted wires, and he landed the glider hard in the field beyond. In addition, the pilot said that upon landing the field was rough and uneven, and as a result glider incurred substantial damage to its skid, and tail-wheel area. ## 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: Schewizer 233 - 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 - Serial number: 72 - Airframe hours: 5330 - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: High Soaring Inc., - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 2005 - Departed: IMM, Immokalee, FL - Destination: IMM ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 58; injuries: none; private, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; last flight review February 1, 2005; seat: front; flight hours: 1,270 total, 22 in this make and model, 1,071 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: APF ## 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 20060115002239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060115002239A), Jan 15, 2006: Scwzer SGS233, Immokalee, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Ran out of altitude and airspeed 500 yards short of airport boundary, clipped a power line, landed safely, minor damage to glider, owner loaded on… ## 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 SEA76DYE62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYE62), Sep 18, 1976: Schweizer SGS233 (N5728S), Monroe, WA, substantial damage - [NTSB LAX69D0054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0054), Jul 14, 1968: Schweizer SGS233 (N5728S), Pearblossom, 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.