- Date
- July 2, 1980
- Place
- Plano, TX · PLANO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2300MFairchild M-62C
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800702034929A
- Case key
- 129995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1714 80/7/2 NR.PLANO,TX FAIRCHILD M-62C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3075 TIME - 1555 N2300M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALLAS NORTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLANO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 107 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT HAD NOT FLOWN THIS MODEL ACFT IN PREV 12 MONTHS.D/A APRX 4600FT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2300M
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dallas North
N2300MRegistration cancelled Jul 13, 2009 · Fairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Airframe modelFairchild M-62C(PT-23A)Engine modelContinental R670-SERIES series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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