# NTSB SEA81DYE34: Schweizer SGS233, N2828H, Issaquah, WA, June 24, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 24, 1981
- Place: Issaquah, WA · ISSAQUAH, WA
- Location: 47.5462° N, 122.0581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Issaquah, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5462&lon=-122.0581&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125687
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA81DYE34
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE34

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1465  81/6/24    ISSAQUAH,WA         SCHWEIZER SGS233    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 20, 85 TOTAL
        TIME - 1445                    N2828H              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYPORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ISSAQUAH,WA                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- GLIDER ON FINAL. TOW PLANE TAXIED INTO PATH & GLIDER PLT HAD TO LND BETWEEN ACFT & FENCE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2828H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2828H-1982-03-31), registration cancelled 1982-03-31, S/N 528, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS233
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (registry code 8051606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Skyport

## 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 19810624041019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810624041019A), Jun 24, 1981: Scwzer SGS233A, Issaquah, WA, Substantial damage. Runway partially blocked by tow plane and other glider. Landed on edge of runway. Wing-tip struck a fence.

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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