N7246
Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A · built 1972
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
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Safety history
- June 28, 1983Accident
AFTER MAKING 2 SWATH RUNS, THE ACFT WAS IN A PROCEDURE TURN-AROUND OVER A WOODED AREA WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER. THE PLT TRIED TO GLIDE TO A SUITABLE AREA, BUT THE ACFT HIT THE TOPS OF TREES & CRASHED. THE OWNER STATED THE ENG HAD A HISTORY OF MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, BUT THAT NO SPECIFIC PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1972 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N7246.
- June 21, 1940Accident
The airplane departed RAF Leuchars at 1320LT to attack the German battleship 'Scharnhorst' and eight enemy destroyers which were in the coastal waters off Norway. While approaching Solsvik, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.