- Date
- September 21, 1980
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX · WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46RADehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800921042509A
- Case key
- 128616
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2769 80/9/21 WICHITA FALLS,TX DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1320 N46RA PX- 0 0 14 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 28, 2166 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1053 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICHITA FALLS MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA FALLS,TX DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 97 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- TKOF W CTL LOCK INSTLD.PIC REMOVED CTL LOCK BFR IMPACT.WND GSTG 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46RA
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wichita Falls Mun
N46RARegistration cancelled Dec 7, 2012 · Dehavilland DHC-6-300Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-6-300Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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