# Accident 19880319005959A: Scwzer SGS126A, Phelan, CA, March 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1988, 14:30 local time
- Place: Phelan, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4261° N, 117.5723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phelan, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4261&lon=-117.5723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3829A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3829A-2010-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26A (registry code 8050116, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,328 total, 49 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880319005959A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF THERMALS. TRIED TO LAND ON A ROAD BUT WAS BLOCKED BY TRAFFIC, SWERVED AND STRUCK A TREE.

## 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 LAX88LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA131), Mar 19, 1988: Schweizer SGS 1-26A (N3829A), Phelan, CA, 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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