VERO BEACH, FL, USA
N64GM
GILBERT L. HOUSTON MONI
THE PLT MADE A LOCAL FLT FROM THE INDIAN RIVER AERODROME TO THE NEW HIBISCUS ARPT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AT NEW HIBISCUS, THE ACFT WAS IN A NOSE HI ATTITUDE WHEN THEY SAW IT TURN ONTO BASE & FINAL APCH. AFTER TURNING FINAL, THE ACFT ENTERED A SPIN, TURNING ABOUT 2 1/2 TIMES, THEN CRASHED. THE PLT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED & WAS HOSPITALIZED 42 DAYS BEFORE DYING WITH PNEUMONIA. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT, MECHANCAL MALFUNCTON OR FAILURE WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. CONSTRUCTION HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED ON THE HOME BUILT ACFT. THE PLT HAD ONLY 1.7 HRS FLT TIME IN THE ACFT WHEN IT CRASHED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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