N7679 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Schweizer SGS 1-34 built in 1971. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 18, 2014. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Schweizer SGS 1-34 cancelled November 18, 2014
- Serial number
- 59
- Type
- Glider · None
- Year built
- 1971
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- December 18, 1990
- Last FAA action
- January 7, 2000
- Last owner
- Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC (Corporation)
Largo, FL - Airworthiness
- Standard · Glider
NTSB accident and incident record under N7679
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 1-34 · serial 59
The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed on final approach resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer SGS 1-34 · serial 59
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO PERFORM AN ADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION RESULTING IN A LEAKING BRAKE GOING UNDETECTED. THIS RESULTED IN THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE DUE TO LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND COLLISION WITH A SIGN AND A DITCH WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE STOPPED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site