# Accident 19760705019349A: Scwzer SGS126E, Watertown, CT, July 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1976
- Place: Watertown, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.6012° N, 73.1215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watertown, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6012&lon=-73.1215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2646H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2646H-1976-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (registry code 8050124, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 911 total, 11 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FNE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNE30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760705019349A

## Narrative

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

FLT PHASE UNK.

## 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 NYC76FNE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNE30), Jul 5, 1976: Schweizer SGS126 (N2646H), Watertown, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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