# Accident 20020902022419A: Scwzer SGS134, Decatur, TX, September 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2002, 18:00 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2544° N, 97.5806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2544&lon=-97.5806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2691H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2691H-2004-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (registry code 8050146, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS134
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020902022419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2002, AT 6:00 P.M. CDT, A SCHWEIZER, MODEL SGS 1-34 GLIDER, N2691H, REGISTERED TO NORTH TEXAS SOARING OF DECATUR, TEXAS, CRASHED DURING AN APPROACH TO DECATUR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH GLIDER RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DECATUR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2002 AT 5:45 PM CDT.

## 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 FTW02FA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA243), Sep 2, 2002: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (N2691H), Decatur, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was lack of total experience in the make and model of the accident aircraft.

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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