ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164766
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| Date: | Friday 21 May 1965 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164 Ag-Cat |
| Owner/operator: | Commercial Crop Duster Co |
| Registration: | N596Y |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 20S South Bay, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Pilot, a Michael or Mitchell Larby crashed into the back of a moving pick-up truck containing three people. He killed a father of five children, Vern Randolph Clark. The two other passengers survived. The pilot was unhurt and went on to have another crash at the same property (Sugar Plant in South Bay) the following month (June 2nd 1965), when his crop duster plane ran out of gas and he crashed into a cane field. Fortunately this time he didn't kill anyone.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Family research.
Palm Beach Post headlines from May 22nd, 1965.
Palm Beach Post archives: www2.palmbeachpost.com/archives 6/2/1965
www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief (NTSB identification: MIA65A0115)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2014 05:36 | Jennifer Clark | Added |
| 19-Mar-2014 05:37 | harro | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities] |
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