- Date
- May 18, 1976
- Place
- Mcallen, TX · MCALLEN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5302UBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760518016169A
- Case key
- 153687
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1493 76/5/18 MCALLEN,TX BEECH D18S CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 20000 TIME - 1453 N5302U PX- 1 3 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCALLEN,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TEST HOP DUE PREV GR MALF. GR CTL SWITCH IMPROPERLY WIRED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5302U
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Miller
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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.