# Accident 20050220003649A: Scwzer SGS126B, Waxahachie, TX, February 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2005, 14:45 local time
- Place: Waxahachie, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3667° N, 97.0142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3667&lon=-97.0142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7569, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7569) (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: 360 total, 150 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050220003649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 20, 2005 @ 1445 CDT, A SCHWEITZER SGS-1-26B GLIDERPLANE, N7569 COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING A "LAND OUT" ON THE IKARD RANCH NEAR FM 1446 AND OAK BRANCH ROAD NEAR WAXACHIE, TEXAS. THE GLIDERPLANE IS OWNED BY THE TEXAS SOARING ASSOCIATION AND WAS OPERATED BY GLIDER AERO TOW/PRIVATE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14, CFR PART 91 AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE GLIDERPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY GROUND IMPACT. THE FLIGHT WAS TERMINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DFW05CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA075), Feb 20, 2005: Schweizer SGS1-26B (N7569), Midlothian, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment in distance/altitude and his failure to maintain clearance from a tree while on final to approach to landing. Contributing factors were the lack of thermal lift and the gusty…

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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