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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Vought F4U4 · Alief, TX · February 25, 1984

Date
February 25, 1984 · 16:00 local
Place
Alief, TX
Airport
Andrau
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4903M
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW84LA146
Reported as
Vought F4U4
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R280031
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total30 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on a local flight. Crash landed off airport. Aircraft burned. Blamed bendix fuel control unit.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. CRASH LANDED OFF AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT BURNED. BLAMED BENDIX FUEL CONTROL UNIT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.