- Date
- October 12, 1969
- Place
- Victoria, TX · VICTORIA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7861CGrumman F6F
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4236 69/10/12 VICTORIA,TEX GRUMMAN F6F CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 12500 TIME - 1606 N7861C PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VICTORIA CO. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VICTORIA,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO GR WARNING HORN OR LIGHTS ON ACFT. COND OF HYD SYS NOT DETERMINED DUE DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7861C
- Reported as
- Grumman F6F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Victoria Co.
N7861CRegistered now · Grumman F6FAirframe modelGrumman F6FEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.