Cessna 185B N2560Z
3 June 1973 · Sun City Ctr, Florida, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 June 1973 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 185B registered N2560Z was involved in an accident during in flight near Sun City Ctr, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sun City Ctr, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sun City Center
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 185B
- Registration
- N2560Z
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Parachute Jump
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1096
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
SKYDIVERS JUMPED OK.ACFT CRASHED IN HI SPEED IMPACT.PLT HAD MASSIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 1973 | Cessna 185A | Chauvin, Louisiana, United States | Berry Bros GEN | No injuries | - |
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| 13 Oct 1973 | Cessna 185 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Ketchum Air SE | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 1973 | Cessna 185 | Yakutat, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1973 | Cessna 185E | Custer, Montana, United States | Nuclear Dynami | No injuries | - |
| 30 Mar 1973 | Cessna 185E | Kenai, Alaska, United States | Kenai Native A | No injuries | - |
All 1,004 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |