- Date
- May 12, 1966
- Place
- Ft Worth, TX · FT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N94208Convair CV-240
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0036 66/5/12 FT WORTH TEX CONVAIR CV-240 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1920 N94208 PX- 0 0 5 UNK/NR, 12829 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 201 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER SOUTHWEST OPERATOR - TRANS-TEXAS AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- RIGHT ENGINE NO.3 PROPELLER BLADE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94208
- Reported as
- Convair CV-240
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Southwest
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