- Date
- April 24, 1971
- Place
- Sanderson, TX · SANDERSON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1472VDehavilland 6A
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0410 71/4/24 SANDERSON,TEX DEHAVILLAND 6A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 31, 5400 TIME - 1000 N1472V PX- 0 0 10 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BULLIS GAP RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEL RIO,TEX SANDERSON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT LND HALFWAY DOWN MARGINAL STRIP WITH 15-20 MPH DIR TAILWIND. GR HIT GULLY OFF END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1472V
- Reported as
- Dehavilland 6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bullis Gap Ranch
N1472VRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6AAirframe modelDehavilland DH104 DOVE 6AEngine modelLycoming IO-720 series
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.