- Date
- February 7, 1972
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3485Lockheed 10A
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0443 72/2/7 CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX LOCKHEED 10A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N3485 PX- 0 0 8 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORPUS CHRISTI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX MATAMOROS,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 20 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN DVFR REMARKS- 70 DEG R X-WIND GUSTING TO 24K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3485
- Reported as
- Lockheed 10A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corpus Christi