- Date
- October 30, 1966
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8618HNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3546 66/10/30 LAKE WALES FLA NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 220 TIME - 1115 N8618H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALET SUZANNE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PILOT DISTRACTED BY LANDING AIRCRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8618H
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chalet Suzanne
N8618HRegistered now · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVIONEngine modelContinental E225-4
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