- Date
- December 6, 1965
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N507WBDouglas A-26
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1004 65/12/6 SAN ANTONIO,TEX DOUGLAS A-26 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1425 N507WB PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC UNK/NR, 9700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED PILOT-FAILUR TO SEE ENG.FIRE LITE DELAYD EMGCY ACT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FIRE BURNED THRU 14-15 EXHAUST INTO ACCESY SECTN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N507WB
- Reported as
- Douglas A-26
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Antonio Intl
N507WBRegistration cancelled Jan 12, 2012 · Douglas A-26CAirframe modelDouglas A-26CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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.