- Date
- May 15, 1979
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44905Douglas C-54D
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790515018139A
- Case key
- 135952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1901 79/5/15 MESA,AZ DOUGLAS C-54D CR- 0 2 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1455 N44905 PX- 0 0 0 TEST 56, 12127 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4399 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESA,AZ CHANDLER,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44905
- Reported as
- Douglas C-54D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Falcon Field
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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.