Schweizer TG-3A N74675

4 April 1971 · Adelanto, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 April 1971 at about 16:00 local time, a Schweizer TG-3A registered N74675, operated by Atlas Flyers F, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Adelanto, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 April 1971 at 16:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Adelanto, California, United States
Nearest airport: El Mirage
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Schweizer TG-3A
Registration: N74675
Category: Glider
Operator: Atlas Flyers F
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1286

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

TOLD STDNT,6 FLT HRS TO CHG RWY DURG FNL APCH.STDNT LO, SLOW ON APCH, IP TOOK CTLS, UN REACH RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1286, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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