Schweizer SGS-1-26A N2726Z

Summary

On 1 July 1988 at about 22:30 local time, a Schweizer SGS-1-26A registered N2726Z, operated by Montague Aviation, was involved in an accident near Montague, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 July 1988 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Montague, California, United States

Coordinates

41.7607, -122.3900

Aircraft

Schweizer SGS-1-26A

Registration

N2726Z

Category

Glider

Operator

Montague Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX88LA247

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT, THE LAST TRANSMISSION BY THE PILOT STATED HE WAS GOING TO SEE WHAT THE GLIDER COULD DO BESIDES STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT. WITNESSES IN THE AREA REPORTED THAT THEY HEARD A LOUD POP AND OBSERVED THE GLIDER, MINUS THE LEFT WING, IN A VERTICAL DESCENT AND COLLIDE WITH THE TERRAIN. THE WING SPAR BROKE TWO FEET FROM THE ROOT. A METALLURGICAL TEST PERFORMED ON THE SPAR REPORTED THAT THE SPAR BROKE IN A POSITIVE (UP) OVERLOAD. POST ACC INVEST REVEALED THE ACFT WAS PLACARDED FOR PLT WT NOT TO EXCEED 166 LBS. THE REC PLT WEIGHED 210 LBS. A SCHWEIZER SERVICE BULLETIN RESTRICTS THIS SAILPLANE FROM AEROBATICS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.