- Date
- December 6, 1980
- Place
- Ocean City, NJ · OCEAN CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N65237Dehavilland DHC-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801206072249A
- Case key
- 127462
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3530 80/12/6 OCEAN CITY,NJ DEHAVILLAND DHC-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 227 TIME - 1400 N65237 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN CITY,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CARTWHEELED BACK ON RWY.LEAKING FUEL IGNITED & BURNED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65237
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ocean City
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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.