Event LAX86LA270

1986-06-22 AGUANGA, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3885A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26C

Year of manufacture

1970 · 16 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700625

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A47C0A

Registrant of record

DECKER LANE M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3885A Schweizer SGS 1-26C Serious

Factual narrative

A SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26C GLIDER COLLIDED WITH A WIRE FENCE WHILE THE PLT WAS LANDING ON A CLOSED AIRSTRIP. THE CLOSED STRIP WAS MARKED WITH X'S. SEVERAL FENCES WERE STRETCHED ACROSS THE AIRSTRIP TO CONTROL LIVESTOCK. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT DURING FLT, HE HAD DESCENDED TOO LOW AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND AN AREA WITH SUITABLE LIFT. HE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE CLOSED AIRSTRIP. HE REPORTED SEEING A WHITE 'X', BUT THOUGHT THE CLOSED STRIP WAS USABLE. ON FINAL APPROACH, HE NOTICED A SERIES OF FENCES CROSSING THE CLOSED STRIP. HE LANDED PAST THE 4TH FENCE, HOPPED THE 5TH & STRUCK THE 6TH FENCE AT APRX 30 MPH. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_LAX86LA270.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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