Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 10 MAY 1978 |
| Hora: | 11:30 |
| Tipo: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Operador: | ? |
| Registración: | N5370G |
| Numéro de série: | 343 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1959 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Del Rio, TX (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | Ascenso Inicial (ICL) |
| Naturaleza: | Desconocido |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Del Rio International Airport, TX (DRT), Estados Unidos de América |
| Alamogordo Municipal Airport, NM (ALM/KALM), Estados Unidos de América |
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 Fuentes:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Del Rio International Airport, TX to Alamogordo Municipal Airport, NM as the crow flies is 613 km (383 miles).
Distance from Del Rio International Airport, TX to Alamogordo Municipal Airport, NM as the crow flies is 613 km (383 miles).
