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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sling SLING LSA · El Cajon, CA · April 15, 2026

Date
April 15, 2026 · 13:10 local
Place
El Cajon, CA
Airport
Gillespie Field
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
9AAS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N820DM
Reported as
Sling Sling LSA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
848 total

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.

On April 15, 2026, Sling Lsa reported a bird strike that penetrated the canopy on a 1.5 mile final for runway 27R into ksee in El Cajon, CA. Aircraft then landed and pulled off the runway and came to a stop. There were 2 POB, 1 minor injury.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 15, 2026, SLING LSA REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE THAT PENETRATED THE CANOPY ON A 1.5 MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 27R INTO KSEE IN EL CAJON, CA. AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED AND PULLED OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. THERE WERE 2 POB, 1 MINOR INJURY.