- Date
- March 26, 1981
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N101CADouglas DC3A
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810326014769I
- Case key
- 126598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0018 81/3/26 MIDLAND,TX DOUGLAS DC3A CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0330 N101CA PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 40, 3666 TOTAL HOURS, 558 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TX LUBBOCK,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- MECHANIC RPRTD MASTER ROD BEARING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101CA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Midland Airpark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.