N10966
Curtiss Wright CW-1 · built 1931
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Ethiopia on September 20, 2007.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- September 26, 1983Accident
THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING ATTEMPT FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT POWER LOSS. SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TEARDOWN REVEALED FAILURE OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS.
- August 7, 1982Accident
DURING A SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT THE PILOT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND PREPARED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ENGINE RPM DECAYED AND AN AUTOROTATIVE LANDING WAS EFFECTED ON A DIRT ROAD. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES FLEXED DOWNWARD, STRIKING THE TAIL BOOM AND SEPARATING IT FROM THE FUSELAGE.