- Date
- July 27, 1966
- Place
- Gallup, NM · GALLUP, NM
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor, 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4994EDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0043 66/7/27 GALLUP N MEX DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1453 N4994E PX- 0 3 10 33, 8502 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4160 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLUP OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4994E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gallup