- Date
- January 11, 1970
- Place
- Harlingen, TX · HARLINGEN, TX
- Injuries
- 41 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1308TDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1971
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0002 70/1/11 HARLINGEN,TEX DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0700 N1308T PX- 0 0 37 40, 15715 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 818 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARLINGEN INDUST OPERATOR - TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MCALLEN,TEX DALLAS,TEX HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 48 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA.EXECUTED GO-AROUND.CREW DIDNT REC LATEST WEA.COMPANY FREQ UNAVAIL DUE WORKLOAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1308T
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harlingen Indust
N1308TRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2007 · Douglas DC-9-31Airframe modelDouglas DC-9-31Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D-3A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.