- Date
- October 8, 1968
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4040BDehavilland DH-104
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4753 68/10/8 LAS VEGAS,NEV DEHAVILLAND DH-104 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0335 N4040B PX- 2 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 60, 17091 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 348 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCARRAN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN BENEATH COCKPIT FLOORBOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4040B
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH-104
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mccarran Field
N4040BRegistration cancelled Jul 27, 1970 · Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6AAirframe modelDehavilland DH104 DOVE 6A
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