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NTSB accident investigation · Homebuilt P-64 · Edgewater, MD · September 5, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
September 5, 1964
Place
Edgewater, MD · EDGEWATER, MD
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
N884ZHomebuilt P-64
Status
Completed · report January 11, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
182715

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0840   64/9/5    EDGEWATER MD        HOMEBUILT P-64      CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2600
        TIME - 1140                    N884Z               PX-  0  0  0  EXPERIMENTATION           TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE AIRPORT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS

Aircraft

Registration
N884Z
Reported as
Homebuilt P-64
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Lee Airport

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.