- Date
- August 29, 1965
- Place
- El Mirage, CA · EL MIRAGE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4606VSchweizer TG3A
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176411
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0783 65/8/29 EL MIRAGE,CALIF. SCHWEIZER TG3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N4606V PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-A LOSS OF CONTROL FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4606V
- Reported as
- Schweizer TG3A
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Mirage
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