- Date
- September 24, 1968
- Place
- Franklin, TX · FRANKLIN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N87323Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108185
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3042 68/9/24 FRANKLIN,TEX ERCO 415-C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 400 TIME - 1015 N87323 PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCMILLAN FARM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINES,CRASHED ONTO HORSE TRAILER,INJURED TRUCK DRIVER,KILLED HORSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87323
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mcmillan Farm
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