- Date
- February 19, 1971
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N99HDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0244 71/2/19 HOUSTON,TEX DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 19000 TIME - 0915 N99H PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 3550 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - C.R.C.CROSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- R BRAKE DRAGGED ON T/O. ASSY CHNGD AND ADJUSTED 2 DAYS PRIOR. INTNTL GRND LOOP TO AVOID TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99H
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- C.R.C.Crose
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.