- Date
- June 26, 1965
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25CWatts
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0276 65/6/26 FT LAUDERDALE FLA WATTS CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 520 TIME - 1130 N25C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADLEY FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- WEEDS ALONG RUNWAY WERE 3 TO 4 FEET HIGH- AIRCRAFT WAS A WATTS KNIGHT TWISTER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25C
- Reported as
- Watts
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bradley Field
N25CRegistration cancelled May 8, 1975 · Watts-Knight Twister 85BAirframe modelWatts-Knight Twister 85B
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.
Other investigations on N25C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.