- Date
- January 14, 1977
- Place
- St.Thomas, VI
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N121DWBrittnorman BN2A-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770114025939A
- Case key
- 156932
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1856 77/1/14 ST.THOMAS,VI BRITTNORMAN BN2A-8 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1730 N121DW PX- 0 0 9 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 24, 2800 TOTAL HOURS, 655 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-I IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S.TRUMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.THOMAS,VI SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121DW
- Reported as
- Brittnorman BN2A-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harry S.Truman
N121DWRegistered now · Britten-Norman BN-2A-8Airframe modelBritten-Norman BN-2A-8Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.