# Accident 19770514011219A: Scwzer SGS126E, NV, May 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1977
- Place: NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Aircraft: N3831A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3831A-1988-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26C (registry code 8050120, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 267 total, 101 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77DVW19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVW19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770514011219A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK77DVW19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVW19), May 14, 1977: Schweizer SGS-1 (N3831A), Boulder City, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3831A (1)

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

- [Incident 19800720077509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800720077509I), Jul 20, 1980: Scwzer SGS126D (N3831A), Llano, CA, Minor damage. While trying to avoid 2 military jets glider got into sinking airmass. Landed nose down in tree top.

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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