# Accident 19830814040479A: Scwzer SGS126, Caddo Mills, TX, August 14, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1983, 17:30 local time
- Place: Caddo Mills, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0362° N, 96.2431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0362&lon=-96.2431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2693H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2693H) (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: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA374) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830814040479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING LANDING IN GLIDER WHEN NEARBY THUNDERSTORM CAUSED SEVERE TURBULENCE CAUSING CRASH.

## 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 FTW83LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA374), Aug 14, 1983: Schweizer SGS 1-26F (N2693H), Caddo Mills, TX, 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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