# N2781H: 1977 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) - Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000) - Data sheets: [TCDS 1G10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1G10) (K & L Soaring LLC) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 671 - Year built: 1977 - Type: Glider - Engine type: None - Airworthiness: Standard, glider - Airworthiness date: December 19, 1977 - Certificate issued: January 24, 2012 - Expires: January 31, 2028 - Mode S code: A2C6B7 - Registered owner: [Bjork Richard](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BJORK%20RICHARD) - Location: [Brackettville, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Brackettville) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 29.4097° N, 100.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78832, within about 18 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2781H - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2781H 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 ### Matched by engine (NONE) None in force. ## Information bulletins (advisory) None matched. ## NTSB investigations (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 NYC92LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA126), Jun 23, 1992: Schweizer 1-26E (N2781H), Waynesboro, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL WHILE ON APPROACH. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE, AN IMPROPERLY PLANNED… ## NTSB investigations on N2781H 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 NYC97LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA074), Apr 13, 1997: I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2 (N2781H), Waynesboro, VA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Accident 19920623056909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920623056909A), Jun 23, 1992: Scwzer SGS126E (N2781H), Waynesboro, VA, Substantial damage. Too low and slow on approach. Stalled and impacted 30 degree slope short of runway. ## Reports on N2781H not matched to an aircraft (1) They name N2781H, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft. - [Accident 19970414010189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970414010189A), Apr 14, 1997: Brasov IS28B2 (N2781H), Waynesboro, VA, Destroyed. After tow high sink rate. Unable retrun RWY24. Landed downwind on 06. Weathervaned left into 2 parked aircraft. ## 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 ## Earlier aircraft with N2781H The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N2781H before. - [Cancelled 1969-08-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2781H-1969-08-29): Engineering & Research 415-C, S/N 3406, built 1946. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Atkinson Russell W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ATKINSON%20RUSSELL%20W), [West Falls, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/West%20Falls) ## Related - Other Schweizer SGS 1-26E aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e/aircraft.md - The NONE engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/none.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.