# Accident 19740825028712A: Scwzer SGS126B, Marion, OH, August 25, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1974
- Place: Marion, OH
- Airport: Marion Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.6163° N, 83.0635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARION MUNI (MNN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6163&lon=-83.0635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3818A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3818A-1980-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26B (registry code 8050118, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 7 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740825028712A

## Narrative

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

THERMALING BEHIND OTR GLIDER.OUTBD 10FT OF L WING AND AILERON SEPRTD.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1297, Sailpl TG13A: [Accident 19740825028711A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740825028711A)

## 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 CHI75AC022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC022), Aug 25, 1974: Schweizer 1-26B (N3818A), Marion, OH, destroyed

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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