# NTSB OAK69D0087: Schweizer SGS126, N2769Z, Fremont, CA, August 18, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 18, 1968
- Place: Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Location: 37.5483° N, 121.9886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fremont, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5483&lon=-121.9886&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69D0087
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69D0087

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2301  68/8/18    FREMONT,CALIF       SCHWEIZER SGS126    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 38 TOTAL
        TIME - 1445                    N2769Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY SAILING
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      75
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          315                                                       15
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2769Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2769Z-1974-06-13), registration cancelled 1974-06-13, S/N 283 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS126
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-26B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26b) (registry code 8050118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sky Sailing

## Other investigations on N2769Z (2)

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 OAK74FVW01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVW01), Jul 5, 1973: Schweizer SGS126 (N2769Z), Las Vegas, NV, destroyed
- [NTSB OAK68D3157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D3157), Oct 8, 1967: Schweizer SGS126 (N2769Z), Fremont, CA, substantial damage

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.

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