- Date
- September 2, 1966
- Place
- Zephrhills, FL · ZEPHRHILLS, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25208Luscombe 8C
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0766 66/9/2 ZEPHRHILLS FLA LUSCOMBE 8C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 318 TIME - UNK/NR N25208 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZEPHRHILLS MUNI. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 9-3-66.DUAL CTL ACFT.EACH OCCUPANT A PLT.TOXICOLOGICAL SAMPLES UNSUITABLE FOR TESTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25208
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Zephrhills Muni.
N25208Registration cancelled Oct 22, 2018 · Luscombe 8CAirframe modelLuscombe 8CEngine modelContinental C85 series
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