# Accident 20070722013679A: Scwzer SGS126C, Isle Of Wight, VA, July 22, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2007, 12:00 local time
- Place: Isle Of Wight, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8483° N, 76.6881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8483&lon=-76.6881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2743Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2743Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26C (registry code 8050120, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 259 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070722013679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT ON 07/22/2007, HE DEPARTED GARNER FIELD (3VA8) AT 12:00 LOCAL TIME, WAS TOWED UP TO 3000' AGL AND RELEASED. HE CLIMBED TO 5200' AND FLEW TO SMITHFIELD, VA, THEN WINDSOR, VA (SOUTHWEST OF 3VA8) THEN HEADED BACK TO GARNER, VA. AT APPROXIMATELY 1400E, N2743Z, A SINGLE PLACE SCHWEIZER SGS126 GLIDER, LOST LIFT ON RETURN TO 3VA8 AND LANDED ON SEVERAL TREE TOPS 1000 FEET SHORT OF A GLIDER GRASS STRIP. THE GLIDER HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, RIGHT WING TRAILING EDGE, SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT WING FROM THE FUSELAGE AT THE AFT WING ATTACH POINT, AND COMPRESSION OF THE NOSE OF THE GLIDER. THE PILOT BROKE THE LEFT HAND FINGER AND HAD TO HAVE 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE A LACERATION OF THE LEFT HAND MIDDLE FINGER.

## 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 NYC07CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA172), Jul 22, 2007: Schweizer SGS 1-26C (N2743Z), Windsor, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly plan the approach to the airport, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree. A factor was the gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N2743Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19730613022569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730613022569A), Jun 13, 1973: Scwzer SGS126C (N2743Z), Oviedo, FL, Substantial damage. Flew n of fld searching for thermal cond,none found un reach arpt. Hit tree drg apch to road. Wheels

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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