Schweizer SGS 2-33A N2873H
2 September 2004 · Maricopa, Arizona, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 2 September 2004 at about 21:22 local time, a Schweizer SGS 2-33A registered N2873H was involved in an accident near Maricopa, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:22
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Maricopa, Arizona, United States
- Nearest airport
- Estrella Sailport (E68)
- Coordinates
- 33.0853, -112.1611
- Aircraft
- Schweizer SGS 2-33A
- Registration
- N2873H
- Category
- Glider
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Maricopa → Maricopa
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX04CA310
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
the pilot's encounter with a dust devil during landing flare, which resulted in a hard touchdown.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The glider landed hard on touchdown. The student pilot encountered what witnesses described as a "really large" dust devil during the landing flare. Thereafter, the glider's nose pitched downward, and the glider impacted the ground hard. The student's traffic pattern approach to runway 24C had been normal. The prevailing wind was from 240 degrees, between 5 and 10 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Schweizer SGS-2 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr 2004 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A | Lake Village, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jul 2004 | Schweizer SGS 2-33 | Warrensburg, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Sep 2005 | Schweizer SGS-2-33A | Windsor, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Apr 2003 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A | Sterling, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 2005 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A | Beloit, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 2005 | Schweizer SGS-2-32 | Waialua, Hawaii, United States | Steven David Lowry | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2004 | Cessna 150J | Amado, Arizona, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 May 2004 | Piper PA-28-161 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | IATA Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Dec 2004 | Cessna T310R | Flagstaff, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 May 2004 | Cessna 180 | Kingman, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 May 2004 | Cessna T182T | Paulden, Arizona, United States | Timothy J. Coury | No injuries | - |
| 16 May 2004 | Bachman LANCAIR IV-P | Supai, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |