- Date
- July 2, 1967
- Place
- Searsport, ME · SEARSPORT, ME
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6475KRepublic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118571
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0525 67/7/2 SEARSPORT,ME REPUBLIC RC-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 155 TIME - 1253 N6475K PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE REMARKS- PLT NOT INSTR.RATED.DELAYD FLT 3.5HRS DUE WX,T/O IN CEIL.EST 800FT,VIS 3/4 MI, HAZE/FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6475K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6475KRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Republic RC-3Airframe modelRepublic RC-3Engine modelFranklin 6A8 series
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