# Accident 19730430010399A: Hwksly DH1046A, Brownsville, TX, April 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1973
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 25.9017° N, 97.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9017&lon=-97.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N559Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N559Q-1974-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6A (registry code 2800410, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh104-dove-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HWKSLY DH1046A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,354 total, 111 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DRG76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRG76) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730430010399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOTH ENG CUTTING OUT INTERMITTENTLY.R ENG CUT OUT IN VICINITY OM.PLT THOUGHT FUEL CONTAMINATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW73DRG76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRG76), Apr 30, 1973: Dehavilland DH-104 (N559Q), Brownsville, TX, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.