- Date
- July 18, 1971
- Place
- San Ysidro, CA · SAN YSIDRO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5005Grumman F8F-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1165 71/7/18 SAN YSIDRO,CALIF GRUMMAN F8F-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1538 N5005 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 32, 4359 TOTAL HOURS, 38 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN YSIDRO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- INTERNAL ENG FAILURE DURING AIR RACE. ENG AND ACFT CAUGHT FIRE. ABNORMAL PWR SETTINGS WERE USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5005
- Reported as
- Grumman F8F-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brown
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