# NTSB WPR26LA273: Schweizer SGS 2-33A, N2793H, Boulder, CO, July 7, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: July 7, 2026, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Coordinates: 40.039365, -105.22609 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203441
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA273
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203441/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA273

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Schweizer SGS 2-33A, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=8051606), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2793H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2793H), registered now, S/N 533, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A
- 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: 533
- Year built: 1978
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Journeys Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: BDU, Boulder Municipal Airport, runway 8G/26G, 4,100 × 20 ft, grass/turf

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.15 inHg
- Observed at: KBDU, 1 nm away
- METAR: METAR KBDU 071635Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 28/08 A3015 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N

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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