- Date
- June 10, 1977
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N333FBLockheed L-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770610033249A
- Case key
- 147327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2752 77/6/10 AUSTIN,TX LOCKHEED L-18 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0948 N333FB PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUSTIN MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TX EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 25000 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 QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 84 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GEAR COLLIDED WITH HARD SURFACE EDGE OF TAXIWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333FB
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Austin Municipal
N333FBRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2012 · Lockheed 18Airframe modelLockheed 18Engine modelWright C9HD series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N333FB · 1
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