- Date
- September 7, 1980
- Place
- Sarasota, FL · SARASOTA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7472Fletcher KR-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800907040669A
- Case key
- 127466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3665 80/9/7 SARASOTA,FL FLETCHER KR-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 650 TIME - 1055 N7472 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADENTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7472
- Reported as
- Fletcher KR-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bradenton
N7472Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Fletcher KR-1Airframe modelFletcher KR-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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