Grumman F8F-2 N7825C

19 April 1974 · Riviera, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 April 1974 at about 12:25 local time, a Grumman F8F-2 registered N7825C, operated by Confedrt Air F, was involved in an accident during in flight near Riviera, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 April 1974 at 12:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Riviera, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman F8F-2
Registration: N7825C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Confedrt Air F
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Demonstration
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Harlingen, Tex → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0951

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 TNK FND EMPTY, NO EVIDENCE OF SPILLAGE.

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 3-0951, 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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