# NTSB FTW67F0454: Morris KM-2, N73867, Fort Worth, TX, February 12, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 12, 1967
- Place: Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 20, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118949
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67F0454
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67F0454

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0476  67/2/12    FORT WORTH,TEX      MORRIS KM-2         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1510                    N73867              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 45, 3300 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            133 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSELL FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SMOKE IN COCKPIT
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK A HEDGEROW.ORIGIN OF SMOKE UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73867](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73867), registered now, S/N SP-1, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MORRIS KM-2
- Registry model: [Morris KM-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/morris-km-2) (registry code 05601U3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A-80-8](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-80-8) (registry code 17399, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Russell Field

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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