# Accident 19780902025109A: Scwzer SGS126E, Boulder, CO, September 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1978
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7596, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7596-1993-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (registry code 8050146, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 4 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78DTE96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78DTE96) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780902025109A

## Narrative

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

FUSELAGE DMGD.

## 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 DEN78DTE96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78DTE96), Sep 2, 1978: Schweizer SGS134 (N7596), Boulder, CO, substantial damage

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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