| Date: | Friday 12 May 1972 |
| Time: | 11:12 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18 Learstar |
| Owner/operator: | Carolina Aircraft Corp. |
| Registration: | N211L |
| MSN: | 18-2626 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Okeechobee, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale (unknown airport), FL |
| Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC (RDU/KRDU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Lockheed Learstar lost control in a thunderstorm. Both wings and the horizontal and vertical stabilizers separated in flight. The aircraft's gyro had rust and corrosion. Pilot in command was Carl Boy, one of the founders of Carolina Aircraft Corp.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
pilot in command - continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions
pilot in command - exceeded designed stress limits of aircraft
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
weather - thunderstorm activity
weather - turbulence, associated with clouds and/or thunderstorms
miscellaneous acts,conditions - separation in flight
instruments/equipment and accessories - flight and navigation instruments: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - corroded/corrosion
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
weather briefing - briefed by flight service personnel, by phone
weather forecast - forecast substantially correct
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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