- Date
- November 16, 1973
- Place
- Harlingen, TX · HARLINGEN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43FSMorane FI156C
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731116036669A
- Case key
- 188174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3342 73/11/16 HARLINGEN,TEX MORANE FI156C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1012 N43FS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 51, 16891 TOTAL HOURS, 40 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARLINGEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HARLINGEN,TEX FORT WORTH,TEX BEEVILLE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRG LDG,A HORSE RAN INTO APCH PATH.PLT YAWED ACFT,DSCNDD IN NR LEVEL ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43FS
- Reported as
- Morane FI156C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harlingen
N43FSRegistered now · Morane-Saulnier FIESELER FI-156CAirframe modelMorane-Saulnier FIESELER FI-156CEngine modelArgus AS10R
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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.