# Accident 19800706023589A: Scwzer SGS126C, Mokuleia, HI, July 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1980, 18:10 local time
- Place: Mokuleia, HI
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.5794° N, 158.1718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mokuleia, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5794&lon=-158.1718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5640V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,216 total, 16 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FJA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FJA20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800706023589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REVERSED ELEVATOR CONTROLS DURING ASSEMBLY OF GLIDER AND CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF.

## 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 LAX80FJA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FJA20), Jul 6, 1980: Schweizer SGS126 (N5640V), Oahu, HI, 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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