- Date
- January 18, 1978
- Place
- Pueblo, CO · PUEBLO, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N982FLDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0013 78/1/18 PUEBLO,CO DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 2 0 0 TRAINING ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1503 N982FL PX- 1 0 0 48, 15284 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 307 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PUEBLO MEMORIAL OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) CHECK PILOT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED CHECK PILOT - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. CHECK PILOT - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- FLAPS FOUND IN FULLY EXTENDED 30DEG POSITION.FLAP SETTING FOR NORMAL TKOF IS 10DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N982FL
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pueblo Memorial
N982FLRegistration cancelled Feb 6, 1978 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
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