- Date
- November 28, 1980
- Place
- Pecos, TX · PECOS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N816DDouglas DC-7B
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801128073339A
- Case key
- 127896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3146 80/11/28 PECOS,TX DOUGLAS DC-7B CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2135 N816D PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 47, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PECOS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PECOS,TX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AFTER TKOF,STARTED L TURN,LOW ALT.BANK ANGLE INCREASED,CRASHED,BURNED.NO 2 PROP FND FEATHERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N816D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pecos Muni
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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.