Scarboro COUGAR-1 N3538
17 August 1983 · Lantana, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 17 August 1983 at about 14:20 local time, a Scarboro COUGAR-1 registered N3538 was involved in an accident near Lantana, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lantana, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- 26.6606, -80.0894
- Aircraft
- Scarboro COUGAR-1
- Registration
- N3538
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA83FA203
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
DURING A TOUCH & GO TAKEOFF THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT ENTERED A STEEP TURN TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND CRASHED INTO TREES. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED ONLY 1/2 PT OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL WAS IN THE ACFT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1983 | Lockheed L-1011 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1983 | Cessna 152 | La Belle, Florida, United States | Mark Wayne Brown | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Jan 1983 | Cessna 150 | Green Cove Spgs, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft C45H | Leesburg, Florida, United States | Raymond A. Waldrop | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft E18-S | Naples, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1983 | Piper PA-31 | Miami Lakes, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |