# Accident 19790523012839A: Scwzer SGS134, Llano, CA, May 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Llano, CA
- Airport: Crystalair
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7605, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7605-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-34 (registry code 8050146, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS134
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 408 total, 3 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUQ31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUQ31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790523012839A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER TOW HITCH RELEASED DURING INITIAL CLIMB. OVERSHOT LANDING AREA IN DOWNWIND LANDING. NO DEFECT FOUND.

## 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 LAX79FUQ31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUQ31), May 23, 1979: Schweizer SGS134 (N7605), Llano, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7605 (1)

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

- [Accident 20010505008629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010505008629A), May 5, 2001: Scwzer SGS134 (N7605), Adelanto, CA, Substantial damage. (.19)On may 5, 2001, about 1507 hours pacific daylight time, a Schweizer sgs 1-34, N7605, operated by the phoenix club, inc., anaheim, California, sustained…

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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