Schweizer S2-33A N33963

10 May 1978 · Wurtsboro, New York, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 10 May 1978 at about 18:00 local time, a Schweizer S2-33A registered N33963, operated by Wurtsboro Flig, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Wurtsboro, New York, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 May 1978 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Wurtsboro, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Wurtsboro
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer S2-33A
Registration: N33963
Category: Glider
Operator: Wurtsboro Flig
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1876

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1876, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Dec 1975	Schweizer S2-33A N7609	West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Cloudniners In	No injuries	-
18 Oct 1969	Schweizer S2-33A N5798S	Bayport, New York, United States no coordinates	Long Island SO	No injuries	-
25 Mar 1990	Schweizer S2-33A N2055T	Brookhaven, New York, United States	-	Serious injuries	-

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