- Date
- April 13, 1973
- Place
- Montrose, CO · MONTROSE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N743RN.American NA-265
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730413010249A
- Case key
- 163193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0520 73/4/13 MONTROSE,COLO N.AMERICAN NA-265 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1635 N743R PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 37, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, 84 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTROSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ANGELES,CALIF DENVER,COLO MONTROSE,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-UNWANTED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CONTD OPN OF L ENG AT CLIMB PWR AFTER UNWANTED IN-FLT DEPLOYMENT OF L ENG THRUST REVERSER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N743R
- Reported as
- N.American NA-265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Montrose
N743RRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 1973 · North American NA-265-60Airframe modelNorth American NA-265-60
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.