# Accident 19800619026159A: Scwzer SGS126, Issaquah, WA, June 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1980, 15:55 local time
- Place: Issaquah, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5462° N, 122.0581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Issaquah, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5462&lon=-122.0581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65952, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65952-2008-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (registry code 8050124, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 227 total, 8 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800619026159A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT GLIDER PILOT MISJUDGED LIFT AND HEIGHT ABOVE RIDGE. STRUCK TREES ON A DOWNDRAFT.

## 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 SEA80DYE41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE41), Jun 19, 1980: Schweizer SGS126 (N65952), Issaquah, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N65952 (1)

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

- [Accident 19761128036409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761128036409A), Nov 28, 1976: Scwzer SGS126E (N65952), Issaquah, WA, Substantial damage. High on apch,lowered nose,t/d fast & long. Hit ditch and fence at end of rwy. Spoilers not deployed.

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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