# Accident 19730730020509A: Scwzer SGS126E, Kutztown, PA, July 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1973
- Place: Kutztown, PA
- Airport: Kutztown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.5033° N, 75.7858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Kutztown Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5033&lon=-75.7858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17908, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (registry code 8050124, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730730020509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HOUSE TRAILER PARKED BEYOND LANDING AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 NYC74FHA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHA03), Jul 30, 1973: Schweizer 126E (N17908), Kutztown, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N17908 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060812029829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812029829I), Aug 12, 2006: Scwzer SGS126E (N17908), Waynesville, OH, Minor damage. (-23) On August 12, 2006, at 1500 EDT, a Schweizer sgs 1-26E glider, N17908, registered to soaring society of dayton, inc., made a hard landing at Caesar Creek…
- [Accident 19770522013859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770522013859A), May 22, 1977: Scwzer SGS126E (N17908), Brownsville, PA, Substantial damage. Speed brakes not retracted. Hit rising terrain. Plt lost lift.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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