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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scwzer SGS126D · Llano, CA · July 20, 1980

Date
July 20, 1980 · 16:00 local
Place
Llano, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3831A
Reported as
Scwzer SGS126D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
407 total15 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While trying to avoid 2 military jets glider got into sinking airmass. Landed nose down in tree top.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TRYING TO AVOID 2 MILITARY JETS GLIDER GOT INTO SINKING AIRMASS. LANDED NOSE DOWN IN TREE TOP.

Other reports on N3831A · 1

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