- Date
- October 9, 1971
- Place
- Wrightwood, CA · WRIGHTWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6664Schemp Cirrus
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4366 71/10/9 WRIGHTWOOD,CALIF SCHEMP CIRRUS CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1504 N6664 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 49, 2562 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 217 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT CLIMB,CROSS MTN RIDGE AND TURN TO RECROSS RIDGE.HIT TREES ON DOWN SLOPE. NO MALFUNCTN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6664
- Reported as
- Schemp Cirrus
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
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