- Date
- December 12, 1964
- Place
- Palos Verdes, CA · PALOS VERDES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88941Derringer D-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0793 64/12/12 NR.PALOS VERDES CAL DERRINGER D-1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 7600 TIME - 0948 N88941 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) FLT CONTROLS-L HORIZ STABILIZER FAILED UNDETERM. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- ACFT SANK IN 37 FTHMS OF WATER.WRCKGE UNRCUVRBLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88941
- Reported as
- Derringer D-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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