# NTSB MIA69F0175: Culver LFA, N41637, Savannah, GA, August 28, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 28, 1968
- Place: Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108457
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69F0175
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69F0175

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3200  68/8/28    SAVANNAH,GA         CULVER LFA          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 900
        TIME - 0920                    N41637              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNTER ARMY AFLD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
        REMARKS- PROP SEPARATED WHEN CRANKSHAFT END FAILED. PLT LANDED IN SWAMP. PROP WAS NOT RECOVERED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N41637 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CULVER LFA
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hunter Army Afld

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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