# Accident 20250426006699A: Schweizer SGS 1-26B, Ontario, OR, April 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2025, 13:15 local time
- Place: Ontario, OR
- Airport: Ontario Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0202° N, 117.0139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0202&lon=-117.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8657R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8657R) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250426006699A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TOW RELEASE PIC CONDUCTED SOME LOCAL FLYING AND THEN BEGAN RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT OF ONTARIO, OR.  WHILE ON VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 HE FOUND HIMSELF WITH NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO REACH THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING AND NOSE IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE SHORT OF THE AIRPORT.

## 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 WPR25LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA144), Apr 26, 2025: Schweizer SGS 1-26B (N8657R), Ontario, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the final approach to land, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.

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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