- Date
- June 9, 1965
- Place
- Amherst, NY · AMHERST, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5488MTaylorcraft BC12D1
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178061
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0308 65/6/9 AMHERST NY TAYLORCRAFT BC12D1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1901 N5488M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 460 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COUNTY LINE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5488M
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- County Line
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