- Date
- March 9, 1975
- Place
- Venice, FL · VENICE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2800QDixon PJ-260
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750309004509A
- Case key
- 148288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0660 75/3/9 VENICE,FL DIXON PJ-260 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1335 N2800Q PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 38, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, 150 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - WINGS: WINGTIPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT BAILED OUT AFTER FAILURE OF L WINGTIP & AILERON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2800Q
- Reported as
- Dixon PJ-260
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2800QRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 1975 · Brodhead Arthur L PJ-260Airframe modelBrodhead Arthur L PJ-260
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.