# N2997H: 1979 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: 697 - Year built: 1979 - Type: Glider - Engine type: None - Airworthiness: Standard, glider - Airworthiness date: October 31, 1979 - Certificate issued: October 23, 2018 - Expires: October 31, 2028 - Mode S code: A31A3E - Registered owners: [Moos Milton H Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MOOS%20MILTON%20H%20TRUSTEE), [Moos Joan W Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MOOS%20JOAN%20W%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Westerville, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Westerville) - Owner type: Co-owned - Owner's area on the map: 40.1556° N, 82.8851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 43082, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2997H - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2997H 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 ERA14CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA031), Oct 19, 2013: Schweizer SGS 1 26E (N2997H), Eighty Four, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed and glide path, which resulted in an overshoot, a hard landing, and a subsequent collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's… ## 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 20131019023779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131019023779A), Oct 19, 2013: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (N2997H), Eighty Four, PA, Substantial damage. During the landing phase, [privacy data omitted], who is a glider student pilot was operating N2997H, stated that he was coming in too fast and was too high.… ## 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 N2997H The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N2997H before. - [Cancelled 1962-06-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2997H-1962-06-07): Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, S/N 3622, built 1946. Owner: [Koblick Ian G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KOBLICK%20IAN%20G), [Chico, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Chico) ## 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.