- Date
- March 18, 1966
- Place
- Manhasset Bay, NY · MANHASSET BAY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N67271Grumman G-44
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0522 66/3/18 MANHASSET BAY NY GRUMMAN G-44 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2881 TIME - 1210 N67271 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 253 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANDS POINT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- AMPHIBIOUS TYPE AIRCRAFT OPERATION ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67271
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sands Point
N67271Registration cancelled Mar 4, 2023 · Grumman G-44Airframe modelGrumman G-44Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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