# N126NK: Schweizer SGS 1-26E

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schweizer SGS 1-26E](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (registry code 8050124, 1 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1G10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1G10) (K & L Soaring LLC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 675
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Standard, glider
- Airworthiness date: May 6, 1978
- Certificate issued: July 10, 2015
- Expires: July 31, 2028
- Mode S code: A06B32
- Owner type: Co-owned
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=126NK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N126NK

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 2 in force

### Matched by airframe (Schweizer SGS 1-26E)

- [AD 87-17-01](https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-17-01): Tow Release Installation · K & L Soaring SGS 1-23, SGS 1-23D, SGS 1-23F and 25 more. Effective Aug 19, 1988
- [AD 87-02-01](https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-02-01): Tow-Release Installation Inspection · K & L Soaring SGM 2-37, SGS 1-23, SGS 1-23D and 32 more. Effective Jan 21, 1987

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N126NK.

## NTSB investigations on N126NK not matched to an aircraft (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX92LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA124), Feb 23, 1992: Cessna 150 (N126NK), San Jose, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THAT THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S (CFI) MISJUDGED APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN A LONG LANDING, THE CFI'S IN-FLIGHT DECISION TO A GO-AROUND WITH PARTIAL POWER, AND THE FAILURE OF THE CFI TO…

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N126NK.

## Reports on N126NK not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N126NK, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19920222003379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920222003379A), Feb 22, 1992: Cessna 150L (N126NK), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Lost partial power on takeoff. Made 180 to land reverse direction. Overshot. Tried go around. Crashed off airport.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (4)

Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

### Approved for the airframe (Schweizer SGS 1-26E)

- [STC SA01734SE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA01734SE): Application of Stewart Systems synthetic fabric covering system to aircraft fuselage, wings, tail surfaces, control surfaces and related parts. Andrew D. Humphrey
- [STC SG01164CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG01164CH): Install Cooper superflite 102 fabric. Aviation Products Systems Inc
- [STC SG1265GL](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG1265GL): Surrendered and incorporated into STC SG01164CH. Cooper Aviation Supply Company, Inc
- [STC SG4WE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG4WE): Ceconite 101 covering of complete aircraft. Cooper Engineering Corporation. Lists SGS 1-26 Series

## Related

- Other Schweizer SGS 1-26E aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e/aircraft.md

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