N65844

On October 20, 1996, a Schweizer 2-33-A (N65844) was involved in an incident near Los Alamitos, CA. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The student pilot's failure to properly handle the glider, and the instructor pilot's inadequate supervision.

On October 20, 1996, at 1320 hours Pacific daylight time, a Schweizer 2-33-A glider, N65844, collided with the terrain short of dirt runway 22R at the Armed Forces Reserve Center located in Los Alamitos, California. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the certified instructor pilot and his dual student were not injured. The flight departed at 1300 for a local instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time with the winds reported from 220 degrees at 13 knots.

According to the pilot, the student let the glider get out of position during the final approach for landing. The student was having a hard time coordinating the controls and the aircraft became low and slow. The instructor took over and landed the glider in a field short of the runway.

This incident is documented in NTSB report LAX97LA024. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N65844.