- Date
- May 11, 1966
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N189LBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0415 66/5/11 HOUSTON TEX BEECH D18S CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1155 N189L PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 49, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAM P HOBBY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- N189L NEEDED MORE THAN 1525 FT GROUND ROLL FOR TAKEOFF.PROPS HIT RNWY 1058 FT.FROM START OF ROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N189L
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- William P Hobby
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