- Date
- October 25, 1977
- Place
- Tonopah, NV · TONOPAH, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N273YHoward DGA-6
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771025037379A
- Case key
- 144705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3668 77/10/25 NR.TONOPAH,NV HOWARD DGA-6 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1240 N273Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 38, 8207 TOTAL HOURS, 28 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TONOPAH,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT GROUND WHILE MAKING SPEED RUN AT APPX 10 FT AGL.WIND ESTIMATED AS 20 TO 30 KNOT LEFT CROSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N273Y
- Reported as
- Howard DGA-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N273YRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 1978 · Reichardt HOWARD DGA-6Airframe modelReichardt HOWARD DGA-6
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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