Grumman F7F N6178C

21 May 1975 · Santa Rosa, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 May 1975 at about 08:55 local time, a Grumman F7F registered N6178C, operated by Sis-Q Flying S, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Santa Rosa, California, 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: 21 May 1975 at 08:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Rosa, California, United States
Nearest airport: Sonoma County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman F7F
Registration: N6178C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Sis-Q Flying S
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2395

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

BOTH ENGS QUIT, POS TO EMPTY TANK. OTR TANKS HAD FUEL.

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 3-2395, 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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