- Date
- August 23, 1968
- Place
- Mercedes, TX · MERCEDES, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7957CGrumman F8F
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108537
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3490 68/8/23 MERCEDES,TEX GRUMMAN F8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N7957C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 8600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 155 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REBEL FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- GR DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FULLY EXTEND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7957C
- Reported as
- Grumman F8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rebel Field