Republic RC-3 N87537

8 November 1970 · Winter Haven, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 November 1970 at about 13:00 local time, a Republic RC-3 registered N87537 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Winter Haven, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 November 1970 at 13:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Winter Haven, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Gilbert
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Republic RC-3
Registration: N87537
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4144

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

ACFT SWERVED, R FLOAT DUG IN. MISC-HIT PLANK FLOATING IN 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 3-4144, 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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