Funk F-23 N1129Z

22 July 1972 · Los Fresnos, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 July 1972 at about 14:30 local time, a Funk F-23 registered N1129Z, operated by Resaca Aerial, was involved in an accident during in flight near Los Fresnos, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 July 1972 at 14:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Los Fresnos, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Resca Strip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Funk F-23
Registration: N1129Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Resaca Aerial
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4121

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

FUEL LINE BROKE AFTER BEING WORN THROUGH BY RUBBING AGAINST THE ENG COWL.

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 3-4121, 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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