# NTSB LAX72AL023: Schemp Cirrus, N6664, Wrightwood, CA, October 9, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 9, 1971
- Place: Wrightwood, CA · WRIGHTWOOD, CA
- Location: 34.3437° N, 117.6309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrightwood, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3437&lon=-117.6309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 18, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164055
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72AL023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72AL023

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6664-1971-11-29), registration cancelled 1971-11-29, S/N 84 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHEMP CIRRUS
- Registry model: [Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS](https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-cirrus) (registry code 38019VC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Destroyed

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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