# Accident 19740628020859A: Scwzer SGS126C, Boulder, CO, June 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1974
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2416W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2416W-2017-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26C (registry code 8050120, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 747 total, 20 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74FTE92](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FTE92) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740628020859A

## Narrative

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

AUTOMOBILE LAUNCH.ACFT SPUN WHEN RELEASED FM TOW ROPE.WITNESS OBSD ACFT AT HI ANGLE OF ATTACK.

## 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 DEN74FTE92](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FTE92), Jun 28, 1974: Schweizer SGS126 (N2416W), Boulder, CO, substantial damage

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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