# Accident 19810628036429A: Scwzer SGS126D, Hemet, CA, June 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1981, 10:18 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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: N7737S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7737S-1983-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26D (registry code 8050122, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 60 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUG33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810628036429A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER DIVED INTO GROUND AT VERY STEEP ANGLE. WITNESSES STATED THAT GLIDER APPEARED TO BE UNDER CONTROL AT IMPACT.

## 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 LAX81FUG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUG33), Jun 28, 1981: Schweizer 1-26D (N7737S), Hemet, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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