- Date
- May 3, 1969
- Place
- Evadale, TX · EVADALE, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N760MM-Saulnier MS-760
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1822 69/5/3 EVADALE,TEX M-SAULNIER MS-760 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2130 N760M PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 590 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 79 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EVADALE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK 50 FT TREES APRX 1000 FT BEYOND THE RWY END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N760M
- Reported as
- M-Saulnier MS-760
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Evadale
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