# Accident 19780805021599A: Scwzer SGS126E, Grain Valley, MO, August 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1978
- Place: Grain Valley, MO
- Airport: East Kansas City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.0146° N, 94.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST KANSAS CITY (3GV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0146&lon=-94.2149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7646, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7646-2020-10-03) (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: 780 total, 3 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DCG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCG58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780805021599A

## 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 MKC78DCG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCG58), Aug 5, 1978: Schweizer 1-34 (N7646), Grain Valley, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7646 (1)

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

- [Accident 19991113047339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991113047339A), Nov 13, 1999: Scwzer SGS134 (N7646), East Lynne, MO, Substantial damage. (.4) The pilot reported that while on short final to runway 18, at an altitude of 350 feet AGL, the glider encountered a gust of wind and it turned left of the…

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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