- Date
- October 24, 1973
- Place
- Brownwood, TX · BROWNWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N109MEMessrsmitt ME-109
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731024038879A
- Case key
- 187953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3629 73/10/24 NR.BROWNWOOD, TEX MESSRSMITT ME-109 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1150 N109ME PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 37, 11010 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 145 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWNWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HEREFORD, TEX HARLINGEN,TEX BROWNWOOD, TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 245 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N109ME
- Reported as
- Messrsmitt ME-109
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brownwood
N109MERegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2008 · Messerschmitt ME 109Airframe modelMesserschmitt ME 109Engine modelRolls-Royce MERLIN
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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.