Piper PA-18A N8680D

21 July 1965 · Clewiston Fla, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 July 1965 at about 12:30 local time, a Piper PA-18A registered N8680D was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Clewiston Fla, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 July 1965 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Clewiston Fla, Florida, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18A
Registration: N8680D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2332

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

TAKEOFF ATTEMPTED ON GRAVEL ROAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2332, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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