# Accident 19730529012129A: Scwzer SGS126, Borrego Spg, CA, May 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1973
- Place: Borrego Spg, CA
- Airport: Borrego Air Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.1919° N, 116.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BORREGO AIR RANCH (58CL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1919&lon=-116.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3835A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3835A-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26 (registry code 8050114, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 1 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73DUM37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUM37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730529012129A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MISJUDGED DIST FROM ARPT.UN MAKE NORMAL PATTERN,TRIED TO LND ON RAMP.CLRD BUSHES,WG CAUGHT WIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX73DUM37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUM37), May 29, 1973: Schweizer SGS126 (N3835A), Borrego Spg, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3835A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780527041059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527041059I), May 27, 1978: Scwzer SGS126A (N3835A), Wildomar, CA, Minor damage. Downwind off field landing by glider.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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