- Date
- September 9, 1973
- Place
- Hereford, TX · HEREFORD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5753Harding Ace E
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730909028779A
- Case key
- 188682
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2368 73/9/9 HEREFORD,TEX HARDING ACE E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 150 TIME - 1850 N5753 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEREFORD STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEREFORD,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- HIT POST AND SEVERAL STRANDS OF BARBED WIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5753
- Reported as
- Harding Ace E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hereford Strip
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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.