- Date
- May 10, 1978
- Place
- Del Rio, TX · DEL RIO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5370GDehaviland DHC-3
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780510011099A
- Case key
- 147463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0895 78/5/10 DEL RIO,TX DEHAVILAND DHC-3 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1670 TIME - 1130 N5370G PX- 2 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEL RIO INTERNTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEL RIO,TX ALAMAGORDO,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- ELEV PUSH-PULL TUBE BROKEN.ACFT PARKED IN WINDS 30G58,CTLS NOT LOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5370G
- Reported as
- Dehaviland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Del Rio Interntl
N5370GRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Dehavilland DHC-3Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-3Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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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.