- Date
- February 25, 1971
- Place
- W.Palm Beach, FL · W.PALM BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6387MStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161364
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4242 71/2/25 NR.W.PALM BEACH,FLA STINSON 108-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N6387M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERRITT ISLAND,FLA HOMESTEAD,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERED FROM SWAMP 8/15/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6387M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6387MRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Universal Stinson 108-3Airframe modelUniversal Stinson 108-3Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
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