Taylorcraft L-2 N48981

6 August 1967 · Compton, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 6 August 1967 at about 13:28 local time, a Taylorcraft L-2 registered N48981 was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Compton, California, United States. 2 people were on board. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 August 1967 at 13:28
Classification: Accident
Location: Compton, California, United States
Nearest airport: Compton
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Taylorcraft L-2
Registration: N48981
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Taxi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0688

People

Injuries not recorded.

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

PLT PROPPED ENG, PAX AT CONTROLS.PROP SHATTERED WHEN ACFT STRUCK FENCE.PIECE OF PROP HIT OBSERVER.

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 2-0688, 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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