# NTSB investigations: Schweizer SGS 1-26E, TX

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DFW05CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA004.md): Schweizer SGS 1-26E · El Paso, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 8, 2004 · N17911 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude during a local soaring flight. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the landing.
- [NTSB FTW94LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA237.md): Schweizer SGS 1-26E · Littlefield, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1994 · N33915 · Substantial damage
  > An inadvertent stall. Factors were low altitude and airspeed at the beginning of the downwind turn.
- [NTSB FTW84LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA352.md): Schweizer SGS 1-26E · Mineral Wells, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1984 · N1129S · Destroyed
  > The glider was destroyed during ground contact after stalling at aprx 250 ft AGL. The plt reported that conflicting traffic resulted in an acceleration of the tow truck and a premature release of the towed acft. After the release the ascending acft stalled…
- [NTSB FTW83LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA374.md): Schweizer SGS 1-26F · Caddo Mills, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1983 · N2693H · Substantial damage
  > The student plt saw a small thunderstorm moving toward the arpt, so he returned to land before it arrived. He stated he was 2 to 3 min too late. While in the traffic pattern, he encountered turbulence, downdrafts & winds reportedly gusting to 30 KTS. As the…
- [NTSB FTW81DQD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD18.md): Schweizer 1-26E · Dell City, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 22, 1981 · N17932 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW76FPA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FPA03.md): Schweizer SGS126 · Lancaster, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Aug 8, 1975 · N33910 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW73DPA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPA01.md): Schweizer SGS1-2 · Rockwell, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 1, 1972 · N1119S · Substantial damage

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8050124'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8050124&state=TX

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