- Date
- June 2, 1974
- Place
- Greenfield, IA · GREENFIELD, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5781SSchweizer 2-33A
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740602014659A
- Case key
- 126434
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1337 74/6/2 GREENFIELD,IOWA SCHWEIZER 2-33A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 49, 206 TIME - 1630 N5781S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENFIELD,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- LVLD OFF HIGHER THAN NML WING TIP AND WHEEL STRUCK GND SIMULTANEOUSLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5781S
- Reported as
- Schweizer 2-33A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greenfield
N5781SRegistration cancelled Feb 16, 2018 · Schweizer SGS 2-33AAirframe modelSchweizer SGS 2-33AEngine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.