- Date
- January 4, 1974
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N34WNa Rockwell 265-40
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740104009149A
- Case key
- 186693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2733 74/1/4 NR.MIDLAND,TEX NA ROCKWELL 265-40 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1924 N34W PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 49, 15367 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2770 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DENVER,COLO RETURN MIDLAND,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DRG TKOF CLMB ACFT ENTRD HI-SPD DIVE,CRASHED.NR TOTL DESTRUCTION LMTD SCOPE&DECISVNES OF INVESTGTN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34W
- Reported as
- Na Rockwell 265-40
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Midland-Odessa
N34WRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 1974 · North American NA-265-40Airframe modelNorth American NA-265-40
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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.