- Date
- April 11, 1980
- Place
- Athol, ID · ATHOL, ID
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N64490Douglas DC-3C
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800411042259A
- Case key
- 131213
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0721 80/4/11 ATHOL,ID DOUGLAS DC-3C CR- 3 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 53, 3600 TIME - 1700 N64490 PX- 0 2 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATHOL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATHOL,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 1ST FLT OF ACFT FOR APRX 11MOS.PLT'S CERTIFICATE WAS UNDER SUSPENSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64490
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Athol
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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.