- Date
- July 5, 1968
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL · DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6311TN American F-51D
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4870 68/7/5 DAYTONA BEACH,FLA N AMERICAN F-51D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1565 TIME - 1643 N6311T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAYTONA BEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT SOLD, ENGINE TEAR-DOWN NOT PERFORMED.PLT MAKING A SPEED RUN AT 200 FT,400K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6311T
- Reported as
- N American F-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Daytona Beach
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