- Date
- June 21, 1972
- Place
- Wewahitchka, FL · WEWAHITCHKA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6280VBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0891 72/6/21 WEWAHITCHKA,FLA BEECH D55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 170 TIME - UNK/NR N6280V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POMPANO BEACH,FLA DESTIN,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/23/72. HIT TREES IN HI SPEED NEAR LEVEL ATTITUDE FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6280V
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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