Fairchild M-62C N63820

2 August 1975 · Adelanto, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 August 1975 at about 12:00 local time, a Fairchild M-62C registered N63820, operated by El Mirage Soar, was involved in an accident during in flight near Adelanto, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 August 1975 at 12:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Adelanto, California, United States
Nearest airport: El Mirage
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Fairchild M-62C
Registration: N63820
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: El Mirage Soar
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Towing Gliders
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2300

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

PLT SWITCHED TANKS TOO LATE. RELEASED GLIDER OK.LND IN SAND DUNE.

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 3-2300, 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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