Curtis BABY GREAT LAKES N6915

Summary

On 19 April 1988 at about 00:00 local time, a Curtis BABY GREAT LAKES registered N6915 was involved in an accident near Angleton, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 April 1988 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Angleton, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Bailes (7R9)

Coordinates

29.1592, -95.4197

Aircraft

Curtis BABY GREAT LAKES

Registration

N6915

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Lake Jackson

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW88DRA09

1 person died.

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

SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER A RT BANK AND THEN A LEFT BANK TO A COURSE PARALLEL TO THE T/O RWY. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVED TO ENTER A LEFT TURN WHICH STEEPENED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER UNTIL GROUND IMPACT. ORIGINAL TURN WAS EXECUTED AT ABOUT 150' AGL. ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE. NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. NOR WAS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF PLT INCAPACITATION FOUND DURING THE SUBSEQUENT AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY STUDIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.