# Accident 19790127001689A: Scwzer SGS126D, Windsor, VA, January 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1979, 13:10 local time
- Place: Windsor, VA
- Airport: Garner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8563° N, 76.6822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARNER (3VA8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8563&lon=-76.6822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N249AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N249AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26D (registry code 8050122, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 180 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DID08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DID08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790127001689A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK GLIDER OFF TRAILER AND ASSEMBLED IT. FORGOT TO CONNECT ELEVATOR CONTROLS. TOOK OFF WITHOUT ELEVATOR CTL

## 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 IAD79DID08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DID08), Jan 27, 1979: Schweizer SGS126 (N249AF), Windsor, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N249AF (1)

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

- [Accident 20220704011709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220704011709A), Jul 4, 2022: Schweizer SGS 1-26D (N249AF), Windsor, VA, Substantial damage. Glider cross country flight encountered strong sink/downdraft and didn't make it back to the gliderport. Landed in low trees.

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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