- Date
- May 9, 1971
- Place
- Mcalister, OK · MCALISTER, OK
- Injuries
- 23 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N966PFairchild F-27F
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162281
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4233 71/5/9 NR.MCALISTER,OKLA FAIRCHILD F-27F CR- 0 0 3 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2002 N966P PX- 0 0 20 CORP/EXEC 37, 7229 TOTAL HOURS, 220 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX TULSA,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- UPPER,NR1,SN25-66741,CA-20H SONOTONE NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY AND CNCTNS DESTROYED. THERMAL RUNAWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N966P
- Reported as
- Fairchild F-27F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage