- Date
- July 11, 1966
- Place
- Harlingen, TX · HARLINGEN, TX
- Injuries
- 21 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94215Convair CV-600
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0069 66/7/11 HARLINGEN,TEX CONVAIR CV-600 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0615 N94215 PX- 0 0 18 48, 24744 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 121 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARLINGEN MUNI OPERATOR - TRANS-TEXAS AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-UNWANTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: SWITCHES MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- NOSE-GR SFTY SWITCH SHORTED BY LOOSE SCREW.PEDESTAL SFTY SWITCH MALFUNCTION DUE TO FOR.OBJ/MIS-ADJ
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94215
- Reported as
- Convair CV-600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harlingen Muni
N94215Registration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Convair 600-240DAirframe modelConvair 600-240DEngine modelRolls-Royce DART-542 series
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