# NTSB MKC88LA117: Schweizer 2-33, N7546, Warrensburg, MO, June 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Warrensburg, MO
- Coordinates: 38.750419, -93.72068 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7504&lon=-93.7207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34594
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34594/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA117

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - altitude - misread, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

DURING A STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST SOLO IN A GLIDER, THE PLT SAID HE MISREAD THE ALTIMETER BY 1000 FEET. ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON THE AIRPORT DURING THE LOW APPROACH, HE STRUCK TREES, THEN A FENCE, BEFORE GROUND CONTACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7546](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7546), registered now, S/N 176, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 2-33
- 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: 176
- Airframe hours: 2988
- Engines: unknown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Central Mo State Univ. Av Div.
- Registered owner: Jimmy Knox
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, January 20, 1988, 34 hours before
- Departed: 9K4
- Destination: 9K4
- Airport: 9K4, Sky Haven, runway 18, 3,900 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 1 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 95 °F

## 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 19880628023969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880628023969A), Jun 28, 1988: Scwzer SGS233A, Warrensburg, MO, Substantial damage. Student on first solo misread his altimeter and crash landed short of runway.

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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