# Incident 20090628009909I: Scwzer SGS126E, Lehighton, PA, June 28, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2009, 12:10 local time
- Place: Lehighton, PA
- Airport: Beltzville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8443° N, 75.6354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELTZVILLE (14N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8443&lon=-75.6354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3613R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3613R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26E (registry code 8050124, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 12 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090628009909I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE STUDENT WAS SOLO, PERFORMING PRACTICE FLIGHTS OVER THE RIDGE.  HE LOST THERMALS AND WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT BUT LANDED SHORT IN A GRASSY FIELD AND CLIPPED TWO SMALL BUSHES, DAMAGING THE LEFT WING.

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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