# NTSB FTW69I0042: Douglas DC-9, N1304T, Austin, TX, December 26, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 26, 1968
- Place: Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 61 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 9, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192075
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69I0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69I0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0028  68/12/26   AUSTIN,TEX          DOUGLAS DC-9        CR-  0  0  4  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0758                    N1304T              PX-  0  0 57                            40, 14401 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            115 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MUELLER
        OPERATOR - TRANS-TEXAS AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS                 LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- STRUCK RNWY APPCH LTS,DAMAGED LEFT FLAP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1304T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-9
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Mueller

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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