- Date
- April 30, 1973
- Place
- Brownsville, TX · BROWNSVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N559QDehavilland DH-104
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730430010399A
- Case key
- 190686
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1017 73/4/30 BROWNSVILLE,TEX DEHAVILLAND DH-104 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1354 TIME - 1700 N559Q PX- 0 1 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 111 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ACAPULCO,MEXICO BROWNSVILLE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- BOTH ENG CUTTING OUT INTERMITTENTLY.R ENG CUT OUT IN VICINITY OM.PLT THOUGHT FUEL CONTAMINATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N559Q
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH-104
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N559QRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 1974 · Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6AAirframe modelDehavilland DH104 DOVE 6A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.