- Date
- June 3, 1973
- Place
- Sun City Ctr, FL · SUN CITY CTR, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2560ZCessna 185B
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730603018529A
- Case key
- 190665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1096 73/6/3 SUN CITY CTR,FLA CESSNA 185B CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1600 N2560Z PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT 37, 6587 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUN CITY CENTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUN CITY CTR,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK REMARKS- SKYDIVERS JUMPED OK.ACFT CRASHED IN HI SPEED IMPACT.PLT HAD MASSIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2560Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sun City Center
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2560Z · 1
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