Whitman W-8 N4SG

14 April 1973 · Alamance, North Carolina, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 April 1973 at about 15:30 local time, a Whitman W-8 registered N4SG was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Alamance, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 April 1973 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Burlington Mun
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Whitman W-8
Registration: N4SG
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0941

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	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

ACFT OBSVD TO SNAP OVR DRG TURN TO FINAL APCH.AIRBORNE APRX 1HR 20MIN.

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 3-0941, 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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30 Jun 1966	Whitman W-8 N8638E	Buffalo Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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