# Accident 19800309008469A: Scwzer SGS126C, Charlestown, WV, March 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1980, 11:15 local time
- Place: Charlestown, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2640° N, 77.8813° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charles Town, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2640&lon=-77.8813&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2781Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2781Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26C (registry code 8050120, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 813 total, 515 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80DIG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DIG06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800309008469A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER LOST LIFT ON CROSSCOUNTRY. HAD TO CHOOSE A SHORT FIELD WITH TREES ON BORDER. WING HIT TREES ON FINAL.

## 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 IAD80DIG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DIG06), Mar 9, 1980: Schweizer 1-26C (N2781Z), Charlestown, WV, 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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