- Date
- August 18, 1975
- Place
- Harlingen, TX · HARLINGEN, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15KLConvair PBY-6
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750818040949A
- Case key
- 150380
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4163 75/8/18 HARLINGEN,TX CONVAIR PBY-6 CR- 3 1 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1310 N15KL PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 58, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARLINGEN INDUST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARLINGEN,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TEST HOP DUE REPLACE R ENG CARB. R ENG QUIT,PROP WASNT FEATH,GR DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15KL
- Reported as
- Convair PBY-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harlingen Indust
N15KLRegistration cancelled Feb 20, 1976 · Consolidated Vultee PBY-6AAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee PBY-6A
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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.