ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330418
| Date: | Thursday 3 August 1972 |
| Time: | 09:23 |
| Type: |  Howard Super Ventura |
| Owner/operator: | Beta Leasing Inc. |
| Registration: | N446DD |
| MSN: | 5696 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Austin-Robert Mueller Municipal, TX (AUS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD) |
| Dallas (unknown airport), TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
En route to Dallas, Texas, USA, one of the engines began losing power as a result of oil exhaustion. The pilot decided to divert to Austin Airport.
The approach was not properly executed and the aircraft eventually ran off the wet runway.
The reason for the oil exhaustion was not found. The aircraft had received an annual inspection the day before.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
miscellaneous acts,conditions - oil exhaustion-engine lubrication system
pilot in command - improper IFR operation
pilot in command - failed to initiate go-around
FACTOR(S)
pilot in command - lack of familiarity with aircraft
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: wet runway
weather - rain
miscellaneous acts,conditions - poorly planned approach
miscellaneous acts,conditions - not aligned with runway/intended landing area
miscellaneous acts,conditions - hydroplaning on wet runway
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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