# Accident 19970712018269A: Scwzer SGS126B, Eustis, FL, July 12, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1997, 15:15 local time
- Place: Eustis, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8502° N, 81.6807° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8502&lon=-81.6807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9927J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9927J-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26B (registry code 8050118, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970712018269A

## Narrative

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

GOT STRONG THERMAL NEAR CLOUD. RIGHT WING SEPARATED AT 200FT. VANED ROLLED PITCH UP. LANDED IN TREES EXCEEDED G LO                                   (-23) DURING THERMAL SOARING, PILOT ENTERED CLASS B AIRSPACE W/O CLEARANCE, ENTERED CUMULUS CLOUD AT APPROXIMATELY 4300 FEET, CLIMBED RAPIDLY TO 6200 FEET WHEN RT WING FAILED AT 200 FT. AIRCRAFT FELL OUT OF CONTROL TO THE GROUND, LANDED IN TALL PINES AND PALMETTO, MINOR INJURIES. WING FAILED IN POSITIVE OVERLOAD, NO PRE-EXISTING DEFECT.  NO GYROS ABOARD AIRCRAFT, PROBABLE GROSS OVERSPEED FOLLOWED BY PILOT INDUCED OR METEOROLOGICAL GUST LONG IN EXCESS OF MAXIMUM.

## 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 MIA97LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA211), Jul 12, 1997: Schweizer SGS-1-26B (N9927J), Eustis, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: an in-flight separation of the right wing, and subsequent impact with trees. Factors in this accident were thermal lift and turbulence in clouds.

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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