Republic RC-3 N87537

28 May 1965 · Muskegon Mich, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 May 1965 at about 15:00 local time, a Republic RC-3 registered N87537, operated by Custom Air SLS, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Muskegon Mich, Michigan, 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: 28 May 1965 at 15:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Muskegon Mich, Michigan, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Republic RC-3
Registration: N87537
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Custom Air SLS
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1336

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

AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT, LANDED ON ROUGH WATER.

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 3-1336, 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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