# Incident 20050213002789I: Scwzer SGS126E, Blairstown, NJ, February 13, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9873° N, 74.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blairstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9873&lon=-74.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1118S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1118S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (registry code 8050124, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 30 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050213002789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE GLIDING APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH OF THE BLAIRSTOWN AIRPORT, HE WAS CAUGHT IN A "SINK" ALSO KNOWN AS A DOWN DRAFT, LOST LIFT AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A HAY FIELD. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS, AND NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N1118S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730904031519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730904031519A), Sep 4, 1973: Scwzer SGS126E (N1118S), Franconia, NH, Destroyed

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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