# Accident 20111228029819A: Schweizer SGS 1-26B, Lake Elsinore, CA, December 28, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2011, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5828° N, 117.3128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5828&lon=-117.3128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8641R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8641R) (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: SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26B
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 3 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111228029819A

## Narrative

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

N8641R, A SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26B GLIDER, DEPARTED SKYLARK AIRPORT, LAKE ELSINORE, AND ENCOUNTERED A DOWN DRAFT 4 TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE FIELD.  PILOT LANDED ON A HIGH PLATEAU STRIKING A MAILBOX.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

## 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 WPR12CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA072), Dec 28, 2011: Schweizer SGS 1-26B (N8641R), Murrieta, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The glider's encounter with insufficient atmospheric lift to maintain soaring flight.

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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