- Date
- July 3, 1966
- Place
- Havasu City, AZ · HAVASU CITY, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7775CGrumman G-44A
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3066 66/7/3 NR.HAVASU CITY ARIZ GRUMMAN G-44A CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1230 N7775C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 35, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, 2 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SITE SIX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK UNIDENTIFIED SUBMERGED OBJECT IN LAKE HAVASU.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7775C
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Site Six
N7775CRegistered now · Grumman SCAN TYPE 30Airframe modelGrumman SCAN TYPE 30Engine modelLycoming R680E series
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Other investigations on N7775C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI83FA362Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportFond Du Lac, WIAfter takeoff, the aircrew flew to the southern end of lake winnebago where they made several uneventful water landings. They estimated that the wind was from the northeast at 5 to 6 KTS. The water was described as smooth with only small ripples. On the 6th…NTSB MIA77FKT43Accident · No injuriesClosedOkeechobee, FL