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A-20 Havoc/43-22210

Serial #: 43-22210
Construction #: 21857
Civil Registration:
  NL67921
  N67921
Model: A-20G
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1988
   History:
Hearst Magazines Inc, San Francisco, CA, June 3, 1946-1948.
- Registered as NL67921, Feb. 12, 1948.
W.G. Spillman, Burbank, CA, Jan. 30, 1950 - Registered as N67921.
Thorne Engineering Corp, Las Vegas, NV, Jan. 9, 1952-1956.
Roberts Aircraft Co, Reno, NV, Apr. 27, 1956-1958.
W. Lynn Roberts/Roberts Aircraft Co, Boise, ID, May 12, 1958-1959.
- Used as sprayer.
Ray C. Wilcox, Boise, ID, July 8, 1959-1965.
Donald C. Magnuson & Ralph E. Knight Aircraft Service & Repair Co, Boise, ID, Apr. 14, 1965.
- Retired and parked, Boise, ID, circa 1959-1966.
Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, Oct. 5, 1965-1988.
- Ferried Boise-Harlingen, TX, Sept. 12, 1966.
- Restored to airworthy, 1971-1976.
- First flight as 322210/T, 1976.
- Crashed and destroyed, near Harlingen, TX, Oct. 8, 1988.
-- NTSB report below.
Accident Report:
NTSB Identification: FTW89DRG02 . The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 40075.

Accident occurred Saturday, October 08, 1988 at SAN BENITO, TX
Aircraft:DOUGLAS A-20G, registration: N67921
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
THE 70 YR OLD PLT WAS FLYING A DOUGLAS A-20 IN A FLT OF 3 ACFT AT AN AIRSHOW (CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE 'AIRSHOW 88'). AFTER FLYING ON A SOUTHERLY HDG, THE FLT ENTERED A PROCEDURE TURN WHICH INVOLVED A 90 DEG LEFT TURN TO THE EAST FOLLOWED BY A 270 DEG RGT TURN BACK NORTHBOUND. WHILE MNVRG, THE A-20 ENTERED A RIGHT DESCENDING TURN & SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED ON LEVEL TERRAIN IN A RELATIVELY WINGS LEVEL DESCENT. THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST ABOUT 225' FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT. ACCORDING TO A PATHOLOGICAL RPRT, THE PLT HAD SEVERE CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS & SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows.
INCAPACITATION OF THE PILOT WHILE FLYING AN AIRCRAFT DUE TO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS FROM A CARDIAC RHYTHM DISTURBANCE.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
 Photo Source(s):
Tony Andrews
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