# Accident 20120404004569A: Grumman F8F-1, Breckenridge, TX, April 4, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2012, 14:10 local time
- Place: Breckenridge, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7189° N, 98.8917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7189&lon=-98.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman F8F-1 (registry code 3950801, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-f8f-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN F8F-1
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,630 total, 2,007 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120404004569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON APRIL 4, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1410 CDT, N14HP, A GRUMMAN F8F BEARCAT TOOK OFF FROM STEPHENS COUNTY AIRPORT, BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS.  THE PILOT TOOK OFF, RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR, ACCELERATED, THEN WENT INTO A STEEP CLIMB TO 300-500 FEET AGL.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT INDICITVE OF A BARREL ROLL AND CONTACTED THE GROUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ROLL.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE CRASH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CEN12LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA227), Apr 4, 2012: Grumman F8F-1 (N14HP), Breckenridge, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during a low-altitude aerobatic maneuver.

## Other reports on N14HP (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020625014879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020625014879I), Jun 25, 2002: Gruman F8F1 (N14HP), Breckenridge, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On June 25, 2002, at 1630 local time a Grumman F8F-1 bearcat owned by the Breckenridge aviation museum skidded off the runway at Breckenridge municipal…
- [Accident 19990729010122A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729010122A), Jul 29, 1999: Gruman F8F1 (N14HP), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. During takeoff on rwy 18R N712RD collided with N14HP. N712RD was destroyed. N14HP has substantial damage, 1 minor injury. (-23)[privacy data omitted] stopped…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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