- Date
- September 3, 1974
- Place
- Morton, TX · MORTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6604VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740903028879A
- Case key
- 134332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2538 74/9/3 MORTON,TEX BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 3500 TIME - 1830 N6604V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTHRAN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEVELLAND,TEX MORTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- ACFT L MLG STRK PCKUP TRK ON RD OFF END OF RNWY. CONT APCH & LND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6604V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cothran County
N6604VRegistered now · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.