- Date
- November 8, 1970
- Place
- Winter Haven, FL · WINTER HAVEN, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N87537Republic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158925
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4144 70/11/8 WINTER HAVEN,FLA REPUBLIC RC-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 670 TIME - 1300 N87537 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILBERT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTER HAVEN,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-HIT PLANK FLOATING IN WATER. REMARKS- ACFT SWERVED,R FLOAT DUG IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87537
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gilbert
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