# Accident 19790904024479A: Scwzer SGS126D, Casa Grande, AZ, September 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7797S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7797S-2018-01-24) (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: 9,357 total, 101 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUK16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904024479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO GET TOO SLOW AND CRASHED IN ROUGH TERRAIN WHILE MAKING AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING.

## 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 LAX79DUK16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK16), Sep 4, 1979: Schweizer SGS126 (N7797S), Casa Grande, AZ, 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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