- Date
- October 7, 1981
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7173NBeech V35A
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811007065729A
- Case key
- 123267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2558 81/10/7 DALLAS,TX BEECH V35A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1559 N7173N PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 23, 2595 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 296 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDBIRD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHREVEPORT,LA DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 20 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LNDD 320FT SHORT OF RWY ON FREEWAY.FOUND WASP NEST IN R TNK VENT,R BLADDER PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7173N
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redbird
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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.