# NTSB Accident SEA01LA147
> **Schweizer SGS 1-26B** · 2001-08-07 · Rock Island, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA01LA147
- **Event ID:** 20010815X01692
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-08-07
- **Location:** Rock Island, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.31015, -120.080947
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** SGS 1-26B
- **Registration:** N5768S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 0
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper inflight planning and decision (delay in establishing an approach to a suitable landing area) and his subsequent failure to attain the proper glidepath for the selected landing area, resulting in an overshoot of the selected landing area and collison with trees during landing.  Factors included the pilot's lack of experience, and trees in the vicinity of the landing site.

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