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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sling SLING LSA · El Cajone, CA · April 11, 2026

Date
April 11, 2026 · 18:00 local
Place
El Cajone, CA
Airport
Gillespie Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N864SL
Reported as
Sling Sling LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912 IS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
274 total230 in this make and model21 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.

Low time pilot reported doing about 12 touch and go landings on runway 27.pilot stated that one of the landings was hard but not sure which one. The last landing was normal and not hard but the nose gear collapsed on touch down. Aircraft settled on it nose cowling causing minor damages to aircraft and propeller no inujuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

LOW TIME PILOT REPORTED DOING ABOUT 12 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 27.PILOT STATED THAT ONE OF THE LANDINGS WAS HARD BUT NOT SURE WHICH ONE. THE LAST LANDING WAS NORMAL AND NOT HARD BUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCH DOWN. AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON IT NOSE COWLING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGES TO AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER NO INUJURIES REPORTED.