- Date
- May 2, 1970
- Place
- Edcouch, TX · EDCOUCH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5505AVickers XIV
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130779
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2160 70/5/2 EDCOUCH,TEX VICKERS XIV CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 4740 TIME - 1500 N5505A PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ODOM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESLACO,TEX HARLINGEN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- 1ST FLT.CAUSE OF OVERHEATING UNKN.COOLANT HOSE RUPTURED,FWD VIS OBSCURED BY STEAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5505A
- Reported as
- Vickers XIV
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Odom
N5505ARegistration cancelled Apr 3, 2000 · Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XIVAirframe modelVickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XIV
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.