Date: | Wednesday 10 May 1978 |
Time: | 11:30 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
Owner/operator: | Unknown |
Registration: | N5370G |
MSN: | 343 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Del Rio, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Del Rio International Airport, TX (DRT/KDRT) |
Destination airport: | Alamogordo Municipal Airport, NM (ALM/KALM) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Lost control and crashed after takeoff because the elevator push-pull tube had broken. The aircraft had been parked in strong winds without the controls being locked.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
airframe - flight control surfaces: elevator assembly,attachments
miscellaneous acts,conditions - previous damage
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW78FRG39 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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