- Date
- September 27, 1973
- Place
- Mena, AR · MENA, AR
- Injuries
- 11 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94230Convair 600
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1974
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79623
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 73/9/27 NR.MENA,ARK CONVAIR 600 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1952 N94230 PX- 8 0 0 41, 11800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MEMPHIS,TENN DALLAS,TEX TEXARKANA,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - DISPATCHING (AIR CARRIER ONLY): FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PROPER DISPATCHING PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CDFNT ACRS PROPOSED RTE,LOW CIGS FCST.DEVIATED 100MI FRM DIRECT COURSE.HIT MTN RIDGE.RCVRD 9/30/73
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94230
- Reported as
- Convair 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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