- Date
- April 27, 1964
- Place
- Ft Worth, TX · FT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7979CNo American SNJ5
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184416
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1051 64/4/27 FT WORTH TEX NO AMERICAN SNJ5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 134 TIME - 2200 N7979C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSELL FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7979C
- Reported as
- No American SNJ5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Russell Field
N7979CRegistered now · North American AT-6DAirframe modelNorth American AT-6DEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.