- Date
- April 24, 1980
- Place
- Harlingen, TX · HARLINGEN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5612XAero-Cmdr S-2R
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0563 80/4/24 HARLINGEN,TX AERO-CMDR S-2R CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 12000 TIME - 0815 N5612X PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA SARA,TX LOS FRESNOS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY FORCED PLT TO LAND IN ADJACENT COTTON FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5612X
- Reported as
- Aero-Cmdr S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5612XRegistration cancelled Jan 23, 2018 · Aero Commander S2RAirframe modelAero Commander S2REngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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