- Date
- October 20, 1973
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N148FGrumman F8F-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731020036419A
- Case key
- 187714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4154 73/10/20 MOJAVE,CALIF GRUMMAN F8F-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 17500 TIME - 1327 N148F PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOJAVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOJAVE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE DRG HEAT RACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N148F
- Reported as
- Grumman F8F-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mojave
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.