# Accident 19800621022659A: Scwzer SGS126, Colts Neck, NJ, June 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Colts Neck, NJ
- Airport: Colts Neck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2876° N, 74.1724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colts Neck, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2876&lon=-74.1724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3810A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3810A-2012-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26 (registry code 8050114, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26) (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: 128 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80DHM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DHM16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800621022659A

## Narrative

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

LANDING SHORT WITH CROSSWIND. DRIFTED LEFT OFF RUNWAY. WING STRUCK TREES.

## 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 NYC80DHM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DHM16), Jun 21, 1980: Schweizer SGS126 (N3810A), Colts Neck, NJ, 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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