- Date
- January 13, 1974
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62524Pilatus PC6CH2
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740113000969A
- Case key
- 187269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0057 74/1/13 EL PASO,TEX PILATUS PC6CH2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1532 TIME - 1155 N62524 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PLT ATTMPTD T/O FM DIRT FLD,HIT 2 FT BANK & DMG GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62524
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC6CH2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N62524Registration cancelled Mar 18, 1976 · Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/C-H2Airframe modelFairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/C-H2
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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.