- Date
- January 21, 1978
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9784QAerostar 601
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780121000909A
- Case key
- 143603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0122 78/1/21 SAN ANTONIO,TX AEROSTAR 601 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1230 N9784Q PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS 31, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, 6 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX SAN ANTONIO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 29 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9784Q
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Antonio Inter
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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 N9784Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA22FA351Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportSouth Haven Charter Township, MIA loss of power to the left engine due to contamination of the fuel system. Contributing to the accident was the pilots’ failure to properly configure the airplane for flight with one engine inoperative.NTSB MIA87IA246Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportW.Palm Beach, FLThe plt stated that on landing after rolling about 1000 ft. the scissors on the right main landing gear strut disconnected causing the wheel assembly to rotate & skid. He then applied heavy left brake to keep the acft straight on the runway, but the main gear…NTSB MIA86IA069Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportFolkston, GAThe plt stated that while on a flight from tampa, to jacksonville FL, he made an unauthorized deviation & landed at davis field Folkston ga, where the left main landing gear collapsed. Post crash examination of the acft revealed that the gear collapsed due to…