Boeing PT-17 N55998

19 July 1965 · Titusville Fla, Florida, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 19 July 1965 at about 09:35 local time, a Boeing PT-17 registered N55998 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Titusville Fla, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 July 1965 at 09:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Titusville Fla, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Ti-Co
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing PT-17
Registration: N55998
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0630

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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

PARKING BRAKE VALVES WIRED IN ON POSITION ALLOWED BRAKES TO LOCK WHEN BRAKE PRESSURE APPLIED

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 2-0630, 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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