- Date
- September 30, 1968
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX · MINERAL WELLS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53478Boeing B75N1
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3310 68/9/30 MINERAL WELLS,TEX BOEING B75N1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1915 N53478 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- LANDED ON ABANDONED STRIP. TAIL WHEEL LODGED IN RUT COVERED WITH GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53478
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N53478Registered now · Boeing B75N1Airframe modelBoeing B75N1Engine modelContinental R670-SERIES series
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