# Accident 19760718022949A: Scwzer SGS126B, Adelanto, CA, July 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1976
- Place: Adelanto, CA
- Airport: El Mirage
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.5828° N, 117.4092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Adelanto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5828&lon=-117.4092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N924X-1976-09-15) (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: 21 total, 13 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760718022949A

## Narrative

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

WG FAILED DRG PULL UP.

## 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 LAX76AL087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL087), Jul 18, 1976: Schweizer SGS126 (N924X), Adelanto, CA, 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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