# NTSB NYC78FFA22: Schweizer S2-33A, N33963, Wurtsboro, NY, May 10, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 10, 1978
- Place: Wurtsboro, NY · WURTSBORO, NY
- Location: 41.5761° N, 74.4856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wurtsboro, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5761&lon=-74.4856&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 142047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC78FFA22
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FFA22

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1876  78/5/10    WURTSBORO,NY        SCHWEIZER S2-33A    CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 32, 28 TOTAL
        TIME - 1800                    N33963              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WURTSBORO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WURTSBORO,NY                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N33963 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER S2-33A
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Wurtsboro

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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