# NTSB SEA80DYE41: Schweizer SGS126, N65952, Issaquah, WA, June 19, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 19, 1980
- Place: Issaquah, WA · ISSAQUAH, WA
- Location: 47.5462° N, 122.0581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Issaquah, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5462&lon=-122.0581&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80DYE41
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE41

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0689  80/6/19    ISSAQUAH,WA         SCHWEIZER SGS126    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 65,
        TIME - 1555                    N65952              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  227 TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ISSAQUAH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ISSAQUAH,WA                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- RIDGE SOARING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65952](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65952-2008-07-09), registration cancelled 2008-07-09, S/N 592, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS126
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-26E](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26e) (registry code 8050124) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Issaquah

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800619026159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800619026159A), Jun 19, 1980: Scwzer SGS126, Issaquah, WA, Substantial damage. Student glider pilot misjudged lift and height above ridge. Struck trees on a downdraft.

## Other investigations on N65952 (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 SEA77DYE05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYE05), Nov 28, 1976: Schweizer SGS126 (N65952), Issaquah, WA, 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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