# Incident 19990901031439I: Scwzer SGS126D, North Plains, OR, September 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: North Plains, OR
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5975° N, 122.9947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Plains, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5975&lon=-122.9947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7745S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7745S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26D (registry code 8050122, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 2 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990901031439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS OFFICE DETERMINED THAT DALE L. ARCHIBALD WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF A SGS-1-26D GLIDER THAT LANDED SHORT OF NORTH PLAINS GLIDER AIRPORT ON OREGON HIGHWAY 26. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, MR. ARCHIBALD WAS A PRIVATE PILOT WITH A ASEL RATING RECEIVING TRAINING FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING A GLIDER RATING.  HE HAD RECEIVED TRAINING REQUIRED BY 14CFR PART 61, AND HE HAD THE APPROPRIATE ENDORSEMENT FOR SOLO FLIGHT.  MR. ARCHIBALD MISJUDGED HIS ALTITUDE DURING SOLO FLIGHT AND WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO HIS DEPARTURE AIRPORT.  HE ELECTED TO LAND ON AN UNOBSTRUCTED PORTION OF OREGON HIGHWAY 26.  MGC

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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