# N696U: Schweizer SGS 1-26B

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schweizer SGS 1-26B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26b) (registry code 8050118, 1 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1G10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1G10) (K & L Soaring LLC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 311
- Type: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Certificate issued: August 10, 2009
- Expires: February 29, 2028
- Mode S code: A942C2
- Registered owner: [Johnson Richard W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JOHNSON%20RICHARD%20W)
- Location: [Lawton, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Lawton)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 34.5727° N, 98.4879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 73505, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=696U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N696U

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 1-26B)

- [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 (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 FTW02LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA237), Aug 15, 2002: Schweizer SGS 1-26B (N696U), Hobbs, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions which resulted in the loss of thermal lift. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20020815021879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815021879A), Aug 15, 2002: Scwzer SGS126B (N696U), Hobbs, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On 08/15/02, pilot amy pence (certificate number 463472775) was involved in an accident while operating Schweizer glider, registration number N696U. The…
- [Incident 19890506020429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890506020429I), May 6, 1989: Scwzer SGS126B (N696U), Hobbs, NM, Minor damage. Engine driven winch vapor locked and quit while under tow. Glider landed hard from low altitude.

## 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) (6)

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 1-26B)

- [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 SA1351WE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA1351WE): Replace existing fabric on wings, fuselage, empennage, and/or control surfaces, with Ceconite101 material. (262A Series -12). Ceconite Inc
- [STC SG4-1240](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SG4-1240): Installation of Eonnex cover on aircraft surfaces. Ceconite, 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 1-26B aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26b/aircraft.md

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