- Date
- December 9, 1976
- Place
- Mineral, TX · MINERAL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N344VAero Comdr 680E
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761209038049A
- Case key
- 156230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3630 76/12/9 NR.MINERAL,TX AERO COMDR 680E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N344V PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSPORTATION.ACFT BELIEVED BURNED BY PLT. INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N344V
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Ranch
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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.
Other investigations on N344V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.