# Incident 19800615052641I: Scwzer SGS126, Hemet, CA, June 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1980, 14:55 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Airport: Ryan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7341° N, 116.9968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hemet, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7341&lon=-116.9968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33883, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33883-1988-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (registry code 8050124, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800615052641I

## Narrative

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

TWO GLIDERS COLLIDED IN FLIGHT. BOTH LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N33883 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850217003289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850217003289A), Feb 17, 1985: Scwzer SGS126E (N33883), Reno, NV, Destroyed. Encountered downdraft attempting to regain altitude during thermal climb. Lost altitude,made emergency landing.

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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