# Accident 19781125036109A: Scwzer SGS126E, Warrenton, VA, November 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1978
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.6557° N, 77.7872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Warrenton Air Park (7VG0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6557&lon=-77.7872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33978, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33978-2012-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 2-33A (registry code 8051606, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-2-33a) (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: 5,000 total, 5 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DIA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DIA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781125036109A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING TO 20KTS.

## 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 IAD79DIA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DIA04), Nov 25, 1978: Schweizer SGS233 (N33978), Warrenton, VA, destroyed

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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