Grumman F8F-2 N148F

20 October 1973 · Mojave, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 20 October 1973 at about 13:27 local time, a Grumman F8F-2 registered N148F was involved in an accident during in flight near Mojave, California, 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: 20 October 1973 at 13:27
Classification: Accident
Location: Mojave, California, United States
Nearest airport: Mojave
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman F8F-2
Registration: N148F
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Air Show/Air Racing
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4154

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

FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE DRG HEAT RACE.

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 3-4154, 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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