# Incident 19890318028431I: Scwzer SGS126A, Hemet, CA, March 18, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1989, 13:35 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Airport: Hemet-Ryan Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Formation Flying
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7340° N, 117.0223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEMET-RYAN (HMT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7340&lon=-117.0223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8670R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8670R) (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: 2,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890318028431I

## Narrative

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

LEFT LEADING EDGE OF WING DAMAGED IN A MID AIR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER SAIL PLANE. FORMATION FLYING. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7723S, Scwzer SGS126D: [Incident 19890318028432I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890318028432I)

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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