# NTSB FTW68A0036: Aero Comdr 560E, N3831C, Dallas, TX, September 27, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 27, 1967
- Place: Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 6, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79335
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68A0036
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68A0036

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1000  67/9/27    DALLAS,TEX          AERO COMDR 560E     CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 13247
        TIME - 1536                    N3831C              PX-  6  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 2010 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DALLAS LOVE FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
           PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- LEFT WING. TWO OVERLAPPING RIVET HOLES FOUND IN AFT LEG OF SPAR CAP. STRUCK CAR AND SCHOOL BLDG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3831C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3831C-1967-11-30), registration cancelled 1967-11-30, S/N 747 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 560E
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 560-E](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-e) (registry code 0141406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Dallas Love 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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