# NTSB LAX66A0023: Schweizer TG3A, N4606V, El Mirage, CA, August 29, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 29, 1965
- Place: El Mirage, CA · EL MIRAGE, CA
- Location: 34.6022° N, 117.6312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Mirage, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6022&lon=-117.6312&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 1, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176411
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4606V-1965-11-01), registration cancelled 1965-11-01, S/N 61 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER TG3A
- Registry model: [Schweizer TG3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-tg3a) (registry code 8050902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: El Mirage

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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