- Date
- September 11, 1975
- Place
- Wakeman, OH · WAKEMAN, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N144ADouglas DC-3C
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750911033559A
- Case key
- 151008
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3316 75/9/11 WAKEMAN,OH DOUGLAS DC-3C CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1300 N144A PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 53, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 8000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORTNER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAKEMAN,OH MIAMI,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN SHALLOW DSCNT TO GND IMPACT.HI PWR NOTED DRG DSCNT.PLTS OX MASK USED,NO OX IN SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N144A
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ortner
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.