Grumman G-44A N7775C

3 July 1966 · Havasu City Ariz, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 July 1966 at about 12:30 local time, a Grumman G-44A registered N7775C, operated by LEE Mansdorf A, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Havasu City Ariz, Arizona, United States. 2 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: 3 July 1966 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Havasu City Ariz, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Site Six
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-44A
Registration: N7775C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: LEE Mansdorf A
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3066

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

STRUCK UNIDENTIFIED SUBMERGED OBJECT IN LAKE HAVASU.

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 3-3066, 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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