# NTSB LAX80DUM04: Schweizer SGS135, N40BS, San Diego, CA, November 10, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: November 10, 1979
- Place: San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 21, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134829
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80DUM04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUM04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2899  79/11/10   SAN DIEGO,CA        SCHWEIZER SGS135    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 24 TOTAL
        TIME - 1345                    N40BS               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BORDERLAND
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAN DIEGO,CA                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           STALL                                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- PLT STATED-AFTER OVERSHOOT,STALLED DRG TURN BACK TO ARPT TO AVOID LNDG IN LAKE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N40BS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40BS-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 7, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER SGS135
- Registry model: [Schweizer SGS 1-35](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-35) (registry code 8050148) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Borderland

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19791110034289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791110034289A), Nov 10, 1979: Scwzer SGS135, San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot overshot runway in a glider. Tried to make a turn, stalled.

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.

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