Douglas A-26 N507WB

6 December 1965 · San Antonio, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 December 1965 at about 14:25 local time, a Douglas A-26 registered N507WB, operated by R.lacey Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near San Antonio, Texas, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 December 1965 at 14:25
Classification: Accident
Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: San Antonio Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas A-26
Registration: N507WB
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: R.lacey Inc.
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-1004

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	0	0	0	5

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FIRE BURNED THRU 14-15 EXHAUST INTO ACCESY SECTNPILOT-FAILUR TO SEE ENG.FIRE LITE DELAYD EMGCY ACT

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-1004, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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