NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA94LA208
Registry · N34215
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHWEIZER SGS 2-33A
Year of manufacture
1975 · 19 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19751119
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3C755
Registrant of record
BURBANK FRANKLIN R
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN GROUND CLEARANCE WHILE MANEUVERING OVER THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD RESULTING IN THE LEFT WING CONTACTING THE GROUND.
Factual narrative
On September 10, 1994, about 1315 eastern daylight time, a Schweizer, SGS 2-33A, N34215, registered to Robert A. Burbank, collided with trees while landing at Bob Lee Airport, Deland, Florida, while on a 14 CFR part 91 pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the private-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Deland, Florida, on September 10, 1994, at 1300. The pilot stated that while on final approach he maneuvered to the left to avoid an ultralight aircraft which was on a parallel approach with him. As he crossed the runway threshold he put his left wing down to move further left away from the ultralight aircraft. The left wing contacted the ground. The aircraft rolled to the right and the right wing contacted the ground. The aircraft rolled back to the left, the left wing again contacted the ground, and the aircraft veered to the left and collided with trees. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON APPROACH A ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING A PARALLEL APPROACH. HE MANEUVERED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID HIM. AS HE PASSED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD HE LOWERED THE LEFT WING TO MOVE FURTHER TO THE LEFT AWAY FROM THE ULTRALIGHT. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED BACK TO THE LEFT, THE LEFT WING AGAIN CONTACTED THE GROUND, AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH TREES. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1994_MIA94LA208.txt.
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