N8872 is a 1941 Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Dehav Eng GIPSY MAJOR rated at 140 horsepower. Its registration was cancelled in Feb 1972. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Mar 2018. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
FAA recordRegistered in Key Colony Beach, FL in 2005 · deregistered in 1972.
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The pilot stated that he was landing at the conclusion of a local flight. As the airplane passed over the runways threshold the airplane's main landing gear contacted high grass. The airplane nosed over and impacted the runway inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and both left and right top wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane, and that the accident could have been prevented by conducting a higher approach to landing.
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