# Accident 19780527012139A: Scwzer SGS126E, Fate, TX, May 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1978
- Place: Fate, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.9433° N, 96.3868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fate, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9433&lon=-96.3868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7631, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7631-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (registry code 8050146, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 302 total, 11 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527012139A

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO FIND THERMAL LIFT.

## 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 FTW78FPA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA25), May 27, 1978: Schweizer SGS134 (N7631), Fate, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7631 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980801026789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980801026789A), Aug 1, 1998: Scwzer SGS134 (N7631), Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. The pilot stated that when he was about 100 feet off the ground, and attached to the tower airplane, his canopy suddenly opened. He climbed to 200 fet,…

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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