- Date
- July 9, 1979
- Place
- Sebring, FL · SEBRING, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12420Lockheed T-33
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790709017629A
- Case key
- 135135
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1675 79/7/9 SEBRING,FL LOCKHEED T-33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0750 N12420 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 53, 21556 TOTAL HOURS, 39 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEBRING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEBRING,FL MEMPHIS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- MISTOOK CLOSED 3000FT TAXIWAY FOR RWY.RWYS ALSO HAD TALL GRASS GROWING UP THRU CONCRETE.HIT COWS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12420
- Reported as
- Lockheed T-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sebring
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.