- Date
- February 26, 1965
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0251 65/2/26 FT.LAUDERDALE FLA NTH AMERCAN T-6G CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 211 TIME - 1710 N2807G PX- 0 1 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EXECUTIVE ARPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- PLT IN N105W ALLOWD ACFT TO SKID DURNG RCVRY FRM LEFT ROLL MANUVR AND STRK PHOTO PLANE-N2807G.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0251 65/2/26 FT.LAUDERDALE FLA BOEING A75-N1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1600 TIME - 1710 N105W PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 1 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADLEY FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 90 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT IN N105W ALLOWD ACFT TO SKID DURNG RCVRY FRM LEFT ROLL MANUVR AND STRK PHOTO PLANE-N2807G.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N105W
- Reported as
- Boeing A75-N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bradley Field
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.
- Registration
- N2807G
- Reported as
- NTH Amercan T-6G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Executive Arpt
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.