- Date
- January 13, 1974
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N972DStinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740113000719A
- Case key
- 187315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0028 74/1/13 NR.DALLAS,TEX STINSON 108-2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N972D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 406 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 116 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDBIRD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX CLEBURNE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF IN KNOWN MARGINAL WEA COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N972D
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redbird
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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.